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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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canaletto: capturing the body english
Canaletto and his postcard from London. A little too picure perfect. What was really happening behind those walls and in those narrow streets on that sunny afternoon… On the whole, London was lucky in that the town’s best source of … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alexander Pope, Canaletto, Canaletto in England, Catchpenny prints, Charles Dickens, Chelsea Ware, Henry Fielding, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Richard Sheridan, Robert Griffier painter, Steele and Addison, Thomas Chippendale furniture, Wedgewood pottery
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