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TitleAlphonse Leroy

Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1783

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Accession number829.1.1

SubjectsPortrait painting, FrenchPhysicians in artCostume--History--18th centuryHeaddresses

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Chapter 1: Eakins, Modern Life, and the Portrait

Elizabeth Johns

Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life

THOMAS EAKINS was a painter of portraits. Financially independent, he followed a drumbeat from 1870 to 1910 that guided virtually no other contemporary major artist, either of America or of Europe...

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Elizabeth Johns

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.3-18

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00346.1

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Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Civilization, Modern--19th centuryPortrait paintingPainting--Technique

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...

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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 centuryArt, RococoClothing and dress in artPortrait painting, FrenchPortrait painting, British

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