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London Cries: A Man with a Basket Man Selling Pots and Pans – Paul Sandby
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 12 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809 from the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection ...
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...
Country Kermis – David Teniers the Younger 1665
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 29 2012
David Teniers the Younger 1610 – 1690 Detail: pig, redware cook pot, plates, spoon,...
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...
Woman Playing the Cittern – Jan Steen 1662
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 21 2012
Jan Havickszoon Steen ( 1626 – 1679 ) Detail: cittern, stringed instrument, gown, c...
Pantry by candlelight – Georg Flegel 1630
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 20 2012
Georg Flegel (1566 – 1638) Detail: knife, candle extinguisher, fish, brass kettle, ...
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...
Christ in the House with Mary and Martha – Diego Velázquez 1618
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 18 2012
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez ( 1599 – 1660 ) Detail: garlic, pepper, silv...
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...
The Army of Louis XIV in front of Tournai – Meulen 1684
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 14 2012
Adam Frans van der Meulen 1632 – 1690 Maybe we should get a striped marquee for ou...
The Army of Louis XIV in front of Tournai – Meulen 1684
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 14 2012
Adam Frans van der Meulen 1632 – 1690 Maybe we should get a striped marquee for ou...