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Study of a Boy – Jean-Étienne Liotard 1738
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 11 2012
Jean-Étienne Liotard ( 1702 – 1789 ) Detail: coat, cloth buttons, shirt, beads, hair...
Distress: A shipwrecked crew – Rowlandson about 1795
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 10 2012
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827 Detail: boat, officers, sailors, oars, anchor, hats, st...
The Ale House Door – Singleton about 1790
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 09 2012
Henry Singleton 1766 – 1839 Check out those coat buttons. Detail: Striped fichu, ...
Knitter Asleep – Greuze
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 03 2012
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1724–1805) Detail: knitting, knitting needles, girl, basket, ch...
Night – Wheatley 1799
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 02 2012
Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
Benjamin Read – Hogarth 1757
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 27 2012
William Hogarth, 1697-1764 from: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
The Water Cooler by Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin 1734
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 26 2012
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ( 1699 – 1779 ) Detail: Copper water cooler, metal spig...
Country Scene: Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream – Wheatley 1795
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 25 2012
Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
Interior with Figures – Marcellus Laroon pre-1750
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 22 2012
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772 Detail: bottle, cork, chair, shoes, glass, sm...
Before the Inn – George Morland 1792
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 19 2012
George Morland ( 1763 – 1804 ) Detail: table, walking stick, mug, pipe, jacket. hat...
The Alchemist – Longhi 1757
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 15 2012
Pietro Longhi (1702–1785) image from The Yorck Project Check out this raised hearth...
Self Portrait – Mengs 1744
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 12 2012
Anton Raphael Mengs 1728 – 1779 Detail: hair, shirt, coat, cloth buttons
The Laundress – Ceruti 1736
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 08 2012
Giacomo Ceruti 1698 – 1767 I wonder why they didn’t wash their clothing as much as ...
Boy Playing Cards – Chardin about 1740
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 07 2012
Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) Detail: game table, drawer, cards, coins, sleeved wai...
Still Life with Fruit and Sugar Loaf – about 1720
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 05 2012
Unknown artist Detail: food, fruit, cherries, silver spoon, brass mortar and pestle,...
Departure from a French Inn – Grimm 1775
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 04 2012
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794 Caricature illustration for a book. Detail: postil...
Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness – Sailmaker 1708
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 29 2012
Isaac Sailmaker 1633-1721 Detail: Ships, boats, sailor clothing, sailboat
Study of Farm Cart – Alexander
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 25 2012
William Alexander, 1767-1816 Detail: farm cart, basket, farmer, barn, whip.