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The Welsh Curate – Hearne
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 24 2012
Thomas Hearne, 1744-1817 Detail: bed, bench, bowls, shoes, breeches, coat, hat, knife...
A Ship’s Boat – Scott
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 21 2012
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Very interesting wa...
Still Life with Bread, Butter and Cheese – Smith 1754
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 16 2012
George Smith, 1714-1776 from Yale Center for British Art Day 3 of bread week, the...
Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 14 2012
Giacomo Ceruti 1698 – 1767 It’s bread week on Siftingthepast in honor of the new bre...
Fishmonger’s stall – Nebot 1737
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 11 2012
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730-1762 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: fish,...
The Watercress Girl – Smith 1780
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 10 2012
John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: girl, ...
Men Loading a Boat with Barrels – Scott
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 09 2012
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: boat, mast...
Hob Selling Beer at the Wake – Laguerre 1725
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 08 2012
John Laguerre, 1688-1746 from the Yale Center for British Art This painting depicts...
A New Way to Pay the National Debt – Gillray 1796
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 07 2012
James Gillray 1756 – 1815 It’s a left over from wheelbarrow week. It is caricature...
The Barber’s Shop – Laroon 1769
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 04 2012
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail:...
Monmouth Cap – Chaudet 1799
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 03 2012
Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763–1810) Sometimes in a picture you only see one thing but i...
London Cries, A Lace Seller – Sandby 1759
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 02 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809, from Yale Center for British Art Detail: lace, stick, bed ja...
The Gossips – Scott before 1772
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 26 2012
Samuel Scott 1702-1772 from Yale Center for British Art Detail: basket, hats, shoes...
An Encampment in St. James Park – Sandby 1780
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 25 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809 from Yale Center for British Art Are you getting ready for ev...
London Cries, A Man Swaggering – Sandby
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 23 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809, from Yale Center for British Art It looks like another one of...
The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX – Sandby 1783
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 20 2012
Paul Sandby 1731 – 1809 Day 5 of wheelbarrow week and this one is a Duesy. Click o...
The Pandreitje in Bruges – Garemijn 1778
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 16 2012
Jan Antoon Garemijn 1712 – 1799 It is Wheelbarrow week here on Sifting-The-Past and t...
The Rustic Lover – Wheatley 1786
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 13 2012
Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from Yale Center for British Art Detail: shoes, buckl...