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A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

Creator:
Williamson, Thomas, active 1801-1825, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1807]
Call Number:
807.02.02.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in an artist's studio lit from an attic window (left). Four connoisseurs are grouped round a large canvas on an easel: an Apollo with a sheaf of arrows, head turned in profile to the left. The model is a tall black man in the pose of the Apoll...
Alternative Title:
Assemblée des connisseurs
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 2, 1807, by R. Cribb, 288 Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Apollo, Black people, Artists' studios, Artists' models, Artists' materials, Artists, Brooms & brushes, Windows, Canopy beds, Cradles, Infants, Fireplaces, Boys, Cats, Dogs, and Urination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

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The state of portrait & historical painting towards the latter end of the eighteenth century

Creator:
Grozer, J. (Joseph), printmaker
Published / Created:
[1798]
Call Number:
798.00.00.73++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satirical print showing the fanciful interior of an artist's studio, with one painter (right) finishing a portrait of an aged admiral with a wooden leg seated in a chair (far right) while a second artist works on a painting of the Rape of Europa, an a...
Alternative Title:
State of portrait and historical painting
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1798 for the proprietor, at Messrs. Colnaghi & Sala's, Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical paintings, Artists' studios, Artists, Artists' materials, Artists' models, Peg legs, and Paintings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The state of portrait & historical painting towards the latter end of the eighteenth century / [graphic]