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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,...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Reapers – James Ward 1800

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on April 11 2012

James Ward, 1769-1859   from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: horse, tack, dog...
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Market Day, Roseau, Dominica – Brunias 1780

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on April 09 2012

Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796 Let’s skip over to the West Indies. Detail:  market, stal...
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Widow Costard’s cow and goods – Penny 1782

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on April 02 2012

Edward Penny, 1714-1791  from Yale Center for British Art This is a beautiful scene wi...
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A Girl Bundling Asparagus – Atkinson 1771

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 26 2012

John Atkinson, active 1770-1775  from Yale Center for British Art We are back in the k...
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The Ballad Singer – Morland 1764

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 23 2012

Henry Robert Morland, 1730-1797  — from Yale Center for British Art I find this painti...
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Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons – Wheatley 1788

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 21 2012

Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from Yale Center for British Art That wagon looks dangero...
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