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Description: Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in Love for Love by William Congreve

TitleMrs. Abington as Miss Prue in Love for Love by William Congreve

Creator nameReynolds, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1771

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/4 × 25 1/8 in. (76.8 × 63.8 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1669236

Accession numberB1977.14.67

SubjectsActresses in artPortrait painting, BritishPainting, British--18th centuryWomen--PortraitsCostume--History--18th century

StatusPortrait of actress Frances Abington as Miss Prue

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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...

Author

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

2. Intersubjective Portrayal

Angela Rosenthal

Angelica Kauffman: Art and Sensibility

WHEN THE ENGLISH art critic and painter William Hazlitt noted that the “relationship between the portrait-painter and his amiable sitters is one of established custom...

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Angela Rosenthal

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.43-75

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00255.003

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Chapter subject tags:Portrait painting, Swiss--18th centuryArt patronage--Great Britain--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryKauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807Women artists--Switzerland--18th century

Gallery of Works: Fine Arts

John Baskett, Jules David Prown, Duncan Robinson, Brian Allen, William Reese

Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art

Gallery of Works: Fine Arts

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John Baskett, Jules David Prown, Duncan Robinson, Brian Allen, William Reese

PublisherYale Center for British Art

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00232.006

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Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art

Duncan Robinson

Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art

When Painting in England, 1700–1850, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1964–65, Basil Taylor characterised the exhibition as having ‘been very much...

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Duncan Robinson

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.29-39

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00232.003

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Chapter subject tags:Mellon, PaulArt, BritishArt--Collectors and collectingArt--Study and teaching

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