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canaletto: one sunny afternoon
Twas’ a sunny day. Canaletto in London. He painted, in 1746, his A View of the Thames from Lambeth Palce; the city of London as it looked on that sparkling summer day in the middle of the eighteenth century. We … Continue reading
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Canaletto: not quite picture perfect
Canaletto in London in 1746. He painted A View of the Thames from Lambeth Palace; the best of cities on a sparkling summer day. But what was really happening behind those walls and in those narrow streets on that sunny … Continue reading
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canaletto in London: one picture tells many stories
Canaletto’s picture perfect painting for postcard tourist reproduction was just a bit too idyllic and ideal. He painted a View From the Thames from Lambeth Palace on a sparkling summer day in the middle of the eighteenth century. But what … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pope, Canaletto, Canaletto A View of the Thames, Canaletto in England, Charles Beddington curator, Charles de Brosses, Charles James Fox, Edward Dayes water colorist, George Vertue, Henry Fielding, Owen McSwiney, Robert Griffier painter, Samuel Scott painter, Thomas Chippendale furniture, Thomas Hill tutor Duke of Richmond, War of Austrian Succession
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