240 Charlotte, Countess of Dysart, 1775, oil on canvas, 236 × 146 cm

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Description: Charlotte Walpole, Countess of Dysart (1738–1789)

TitleCharlotte Walpole, Countess of Dysart (1738–1789)

Creator nameReynolds, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1775

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Trust, Ham House, Surrey, United Kingdom

https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1139646

Accession numberNT 1139646

SubjectsPortrait painting, Georgian (British)Aristocracy (Social class) in artClothing and dress--Symbolic aspectsCostume--History--18th centuryWomen--PortraitsFull-length portraits

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4. Remembrance of Things Past: Image and Reality in Fancy Dress in England

Aileen Ribeiro

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

The different ways in which the historic past is represented in dress and then in art are, on the whole, differences of reality rather than ideology, of masquerade costume rather than state uniform or dress reform...

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Aileen Ribeiro

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.181-234

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00308.5

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Chapter subject tags:Painting, British--18th centuryPainting, British--19th centuryWalpole, Horace, 1717-1797Clothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--19th centuryHistory painting, British--18th centuryHistoricism in artReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Clothing and dress--Ottoman influencesKauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807Clothing and dress--Classical influencesRomney, George, 1734-1802

8. Pall Mall Pastoral

Mark Hallett

Reynolds: Portraiture in Action

~~In 1774, the print publisher Robert Sayer issued a ‘New and Enlarged’ catalogue...

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Mark Hallett

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.253-283

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.9

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Chapter subject tags:Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Portrait painting, British--18th centuryRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--18th centuryKauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807Art, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryPortrait prints, British--18th century

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