Historical Portraits

Posted Mar 9, 2009 at 19:27 CET in Fashion, Links, and Paintings.

Portrait of Mrs James Denham by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1789.

Here’s a great resource for 18th century portraits. Historical Portraits is a database of British historical portraiture and there are some wonderful 18th century examples among them. There’s not a huge amount but the photos are generally great and there was a surprisingly large amount of portraits I hadn’t even seen before!

5 comments on “Historical Portraits”

BrittneyLee, myspace.com/brittneyholcomb

Wow! This blog is wonderful. I am taking a course on 18th century literature, and we are researching the culture. I came across your blog in my research, and it has really helped me in my studies! I am recommending it to all of my classmates. Thank you!

Mar 12, 2009 at 09:05 CET

Johanna, johannaost.com

I’m glad to be of help :) Thank you!

Apr 9, 2009 at 14:45 CEST

GJR

If you have not already, you should look at the Art Renewal website: www.artrenewal.org . Many, many high quality paintings. Click on the museum and sort by artist birth date if you wish to find only 18th century painters.

Apr 11, 2009 at 17:29 CEST