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18th-Century British Painting: Portraits
Fri, May 23
|Foundling Museum
Join us for a lecture at the Foundling Museum on the emergence of a distinctively British genre of portrait paintings in the Grand Manner. more information below
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Time & Location
May 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ, UK
About the Event
With British wealth growing during the 18th century we see a resurgence of the demand for painted portraits. A new class of rich merchants emerges alongside a new generation of home trained artists. Thanks to an art academy run by Hogarth at the beginning of the 18th century and the later Royal Academy of Arts, run by the first president, portraitist and brilliant teacher sir Joshua Reynolds, a new distinctively British genre emerges.
Join us for an introduction in the British Portrait Painting from the 18th century. No previous knowledge is required.
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