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Description: | This picture demonstrates the new informal style of portraiture adopted by the leading London artist Joshua Reynolds in the mid 18th century. It shows Mrs Elizabeth Riddell of Swinburne Park, near Hexham in Northumberland. She is wearing a fashionable dress, rather than the kind of fantasy costume that had previously been popular in portraits. She is also posed in a natural way, walking in a landscape. The background has no draped curtains or grand architecture, and is quite sketchily painted. The overall effect is much lighter than earlier styles used for large portraits such as this. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East North East artists buildings people | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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