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

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...

~~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...

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...

Gallery of Works: Fine Arts

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...