Folkestone in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone c.1868–1872 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Cities | England | UK
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough early 1770s Private collection See also: • Burr, Margaret (1728-1798)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough c.1778 Oil on canvas, 76.6 x 63.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This intimate portrait may have been painted to celebrate the 50th birthday of Thomas Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret (around 1728-1798). He portrayed her…
(1728–1798) Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr Margaret in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London Gainsborough, Thomas…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Death of the Wicked Man s.d. Watercolor, 20.2 × 25.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Third sheet in a series of nineteen, commissioned by the publisher Robert H. Cromek to illustrate the collection The Grave by the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Waterloo Bridge, le soleil dans le brouillard (Waterloo Bridge, Sun Through Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 100.3 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard 1903 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli c.1794–1797 Wash over graphite on paper, 29.3 x 41.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Tivoli (Italia)
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an early work by Reynolds. It lacks the verve and brilliance of his later output but is imbued with a…