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Showing posts with label Reynolds (artist). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reynolds (artist). Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Joshua Reynolds: Experiments in Paint

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Regular visitors to the salon will know that I have long nursed a love of the work of Joshua Reynolds, so it was with no small measure of ex...
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Monday, 23 February 2015

A Digest of Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (Plympton, Devon, England, 16th July 1723 – London, England, 23rd February 1792) Self Portrait by Sir Jo...
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Saturday, 13 December 2014

"I have seen as much of life as the world can show": The Death of Dr Johnson

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Samuel Johnson (Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, 18th September 1709 - London, England, 13th December 1784) Samuel Johnson by Sir Jos...
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Monday, 4 August 2014

The Scandalous Elopement of Gentleman Johnny

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General John Burgoyne (aka Gentleman Johnny; Sutton, Bedfordshire, England, 24th February 1722 - London, England, 4th August 1792) John...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

A Child’s Portrait in Different Views: Angel’s Heads

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Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (Plympton, Devon, England, 16th July 1723 – London, England, 23rd February 1792) Regular visitors here wil...
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Joshua Reynolds and The Ladies Waldegrave

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Although I am a fan of quill and paper there are times when even I have to leave the 18th century behind and fire up my computer. So I don...
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Monday, 7 July 2014

"Death's a debt": The Death of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan

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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (Dublin, Ireland, 30th October 1751 – London, England, 7th July 1816) Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Sir...
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Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Sir Joshua Reynolds and The Age of Innocence

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I have been spending a lot of time of late perusing artworks of the long 18th century, soaking up inspiration for my work in progress and lo...
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Thursday, 29 May 2014

The Scandalous Birth and Eventful Life of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester

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Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester (Mayfair, Middlesex, England, 29th May 1773 - Blackheath, Kent, England, 29th November 1844) Prin...
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

The Scandalous Affairs of Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

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Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, also Lady Elizabeth Foster; Horringer, Suffolk, England, 13th...
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Wednesday, 7 May 2014

James Gillray: Fashionable Contrasts

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It is no secret that one of my favourite figures of the Georgian era is, of course, the famed caricaturist, James Gillray. Gillray captured ...
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Sunday, 30 March 2014

Death of an Icon: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, 7th June 1757 – London,  England,   30th March ...
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014

The Post-Mortem Travels of Laurence Sterne

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Laurence Sterne (Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, 24th November 1713 - London,  England,   18th March 1768) Laurence Sterne by Sir J...
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

The Political Career of William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington

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William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (William Wildman Shute Barrington; London,  England,   5th January 1717 - Shrivenham, Oxfordshir...
Monday, 27 January 2014

"Thraliana is itself an odd Thing!": The Life of Hesther Thrale

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Hester Lynch Thrale (nee Hester Lynch Salusbury; Caernarvonshire, Wales, 27th January 1741 – London, England, 2nd May 1821) Hester Thra...
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Monday, 16 December 2013

Commodore Sir William James, Foiler of Pirates

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Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet, FRS (Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, c.1721 – Eltham, London, England, 16th December 1783) ...