63 Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Ladies Waldegrave, RA 1780

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TitleThe Ladies Waldegrave

Creator nameReynolds, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1780

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions143 × 168.3 cm

LocationNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5360/ladies-waldegrave

Accession numberNG 2171

SubjectsArt, British--18th centuryAristocracy (Social class)Portraits, BritishSisters in artEmbroideryWomen--PortraitsPortrait painting, BritishCostume--History--18th century

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1. The Fabric of Society: Fashion from 1750 to 1789

Aileen Ribeiro

The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France, 1750 to 1820

It can hardly be said that any sense of entente cordiale existed between England and France in the period covered by this book; even at times when there were no overt hostilities in Europe...

Author

Aileen Ribeiro

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.33-80

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00308.2

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Chapter subject tags:Costume--History--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryPortrait painting, French--18th centuryClothing and dress--France--History--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--18th centuryArt and society--France--History--18th centuryEngland--Social life and customs--18th centuryFrance--Social life and customs--18th centuryGainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842Boucher, François, 1703-1770Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793

12. Point Counterpoint

Mark Hallett

Reynolds: Portraiture in Action

~~Throughout the 1780s, the Great Room at Somerset House also became an arena in which Reynolds showcased a series of ambitious experiments in female portraiture. These included boldly coloured, tautly composed and slickly painted portraits of aristocratic women in modern dress: Lady Dorothy Worsley outfitted en militaire, her...

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Mark Hallett

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.383-423

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.13

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Chapter subject tags:Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Portrait painting, British--18th centurySomerset House (London, England)Art, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--18th centuryWomen and gender--Britain--18th century

7. ‘Portrait! Portrait!! Portrait!!!’

Marcia Pointon

Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836

PORTRAITURE WAS THE ROYAL ACADEMY’S source of sustenance and its pervasive poison. Blamed for the failure of history painting and viewed as a sign of...

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Marcia Pointon

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.93-109

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00023.013

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Chapter subject tags:Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Portrait painting, British--18th centuryArt, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788Art criticism--England--18th centuryLawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830

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