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Description: Frances Catherine, Countess of Dartmouth

TitleFrances Catherine, Countess of Dartmouth

Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1769

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationPrivate collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPortrait painting, BritishAristocracy (Social class) in artCostume--History--18th centuryClothing and dress in art

StatusOn loan to Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, England

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Introduction. Truth and History: The Meaning of Dress in Art, 1750–1820

Aileen Ribeiro

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

Dress is the most fleeting of the arts, a prey to the arbitrary dictates of novelty and the attacks of critics, subject to endless speculation – and quite meaningless out of historical context...

Author

Aileen Ribeiro

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-31

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00308.1

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22501&redirecttoanchor=78378

Chapter subject tags:Costume--History--18th centuryCostume--History--19th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryPortrait painting, French--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784Clothing and dress--France--History--18th centuryVigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788Art and society--Britain--History--18th centuryArt and society--France--History--18th century

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