tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4129514704406218748..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Fine Fashion from "Sir Joshua Vanneck and Family", 1752Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-9153976505890737062016-06-14T07:30:34.695-04:002016-06-14T07:30:34.695-04:00I'm a bit puzzled by the absence of the mother...I'm a bit puzzled by the absence of the mother? Also, structurally what happened to Anna Marias husband's lower body? Looks like he's riding the arm of that ornamental bench! But yes, the fabrics are just glorious.<br />Thanks so much for posting this!<br />Nancy NAuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-20577359710997757902016-06-13T13:30:49.100-04:002016-06-13T13:30:49.100-04:00So nice to see the Devis featured here! His way ...So nice to see the Devis featured here! His way with fabrics is superb--although he often used figures/dolls in the studio to help him work out his composition--so the faces and figures tend to look similar and not have any real weight to them. The painting was made two years after his wife died, so she is not included. There is no record of the sitters, but scholarship suggests the portrait may have been commissioned to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Anna Maria (in pink), and the subjects are likely (left to right): Sir Joshua, Mrs. de la Mont (likely his sister), Henry Uthoff (Anna Maria's husband), Gerard (son), Gertrude (daughter, with telescope), Joshua (son, on ground), Margaret (youngest daughter, on ground), Anna Mara, Elizabeth (eldest daughter), and Thomas Walpole (Elizabeth's husband and cousin of Horace Walpole). They did live on an estate at Roehampton on the banks of the Thames which was known as Roehampton House--his son made extensive renovations and changed the name to Roehampton Grove--hence the confusion with what is now known as Roehampton House. Many wonderful details in this--I love the flowers strewn about strategically, and the glint of shoe buckles and hat trim, and the date and signature, camouflaged in the bark of the tree at left. The clothing is so beautiful the figures are like frosted pastries. (And, I know TMI, because I work at the Frick and have known this painting for 20+ years.)sjhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871522221402826634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-7792914324229647352016-06-13T11:57:17.389-04:002016-06-13T11:57:17.389-04:00This painting is amusing. Devis is so good at fabr...This painting is amusing. Devis is so good at fabrics and so very dreadful at figures and faces, you wonder at the priorities of the people who hired him. Or maybe he just came cheap. After all, not everyone could afford Gainsborough. *Grin*Lil Marekhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26267350534791957712016-06-13T09:23:41.432-04:002016-06-13T09:23:41.432-04:00This reminds me of a painting where the painter ba...This reminds me of a painting where the painter basically painted the picture and then just added the faces when he had a purchaser. These were often done by itinerant painters in rural America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-64432605735750477012016-06-13T07:59:11.286-04:002016-06-13T07:59:11.286-04:00Delightfully written look at a lesser known portra...Delightfully written look at a lesser known portrait painter and his perspective in painting his family. atk<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com