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The Ladies Waldegrave

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Description: 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...
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Related print edition pages: pp.383-423
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.13
Description: 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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PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Related print edition pages: pp.93-109
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00023.013

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