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Portrait of Charles Carroll of Duddington and Mrs. Carroll (Mrs. Ignatius Diggers): A Pair of Portraits
Auction: 01/22/2006
Lot: 84
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John Wollaston AUCTION RECORDS
1710 England - 1775 England. Known for: Portrait-aristocrats.
A painter of nearly 300 portraits, John Wollaston is regarded as a major influence on Colonial painters John Hesselius, Benjamin West and Matthew Pratt. He painted large canvases, usually... Read full biography
A painter of nearly 300 portraits, John Wollaston is regarded as a major influence on Colonial painters John Hesselius, Benjamin West and Matthew Pratt. He painted large canvases, usually three-quarter length figure, that flattered his subjects in classical style with richly rendered clothing. He... Read full biography
A painter of nearly 300 portraits, John Wollaston is regarded as a major influence on Colonial painters John Hesselius, Benjamin West and Matthew Pratt. He painted large canvases, usually three-quarter length figure, that flattered his subjects in classical style with richly rendered clothing. He is credited with leaving an extensive record, through his portraits, of practically every leading aristocrat of colonial America including Martha Washington. His birthplace is unknown, but it is... Read full biography
A painter of nearly 300 portraits, John Wollaston is regarded as a major influence on Colonial painters John Hesselius, Benjamin West and Matthew Pratt. He painted large canvases, usually three-quarter length figure, that flattered his subjects in classical style with richly rendered clothing. He is credited with leaving an extensive record, through his portraits, of practically every leading aristocrat of colonial America including Martha Washington. His birthplace is unknown, but it is thought that his father, also John Wollaston, was either a portrait painter a painter of drapery, meaning clothing and backdrops for portrait painters. In 1733, he was living in London, and some of his paintings from that period are in the Bodleian Library... Read full biography
A painter of nearly 300 portraits, John Wollaston is regarded as a major influence on Colonial painters John Hesselius, Benjamin West and Matthew Pratt. He painted large canvases, usually three-quarter length figure, that flattered his subjects in classical style with richly rendered clothing. He is credited with leaving an extensive record, through his portraits, of practically every leading aristocrat of colonial America including Martha Washington. His birthplace is unknown, but it is thought that his father, also John Wollaston, was either a portrait painter a painter of drapery, meaning clothing and backdrops for portrait painters. In 1733, he was living in London, and some of his paintings from that period are in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. In the early 1740s, he came to America living from 1749 until 1752 in New York City w... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. EDWARD DORSEY OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (pair)
John Wollaston Auction: 08/18/2018 - 8/19/2018Lot: 600Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAIT OF ROBERT JAMES LIVINGSTON (1729-1771), CIRCA 1750
John Wollaston Auction: 08/18/2018 - 8/19/2018Lot: 561Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Philip Saumarez (1710-1747), half-length, in a brown coat, a coastal landscape beyond
John Wollaston Auction: 09/14/2021Lot: 38Subscribe or get free alerts
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