Title: Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786 Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) The wedding day of Miss Catherine Tatton, the niece of the Archdeacon of Canterbury, is coming soon! How fortunate for the […]
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Arts Everyday Living: The World of the 18th Century-Portrait of a Nun? A Noblewoman? Or Both?
Title: Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729 Artist: Nicolas de Largilliere (1656-1746) I have always been drawn to this 18th century depiction of a nun […]
