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~ Sir Francis Grant, Portrait of Lady
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~ Sir Francis Grant, Portrait of Lady
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Posthumus and Imogen
Artist: John Faed (Scottish, 1820-1902)
Date: 1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Private Collection
Description
John Faed frequently exhibited subjects from William Shakespeare (1564-1616) during his career, and here he depicts a scene from Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, Cymbeline. The play’s protagonist Posthumus, a lowborn gentleman, is brought up by King Cymbeline alongside his daughter Imogen, with whom he falls in love. Posthumus marries Imogen and in doing so is banished by Cymbeline from his Kingdom. This scene depicts the moment in which Posthumus presents Imogen with a bracelet before departing, the bracelet itself later plays a crucial part in the development of the play.
And, sweetest, fairest, As I my poor self did exchange for you, To your so infinite loss, so in our trifles I still win of you: for my sake wear this; It is a manacle of love; I'll place it Upon this fairest prisoner.
~ Postumus Leonatus, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene I
Dusk, from the 'Four Periods of the Day' series
by David Scott (1883, oil on canvas)
Eleanor and Margaret Ross
Artist: Alexander Nasmyth (Scottish, 1758–1840)
Date: ca. 1785-1790
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
My Lady's Garden
Artist: John Young-Hunter (Scottish, 1874–1955)
Date: 1899
Medium: Oil painting on canvas
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Still Life, Flowers on a Round Stool
Artist: Sir William Gillies (Scottish, 1898-1973)
Date: ca. 1959
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Murals in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
Painted by Walter Shirlaw Photography by Carol M. Highsmith
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Riding Out
Artist: Sir Francis Grant (Scottish, 1803-1878)
Date: 1839-1940
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom
Depicted People:
Queen Victoria
Victount Melbourne
Marquess of Conymham
Sir George Quintin
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Description
The young, recently crowned Queen is here seen riding on her horse Comus, with her dogs, Dash and Islay in front, accompanied by her court.
The procession passes through an imaginary gate in Windsor Great Park (which cannot be identified as Sandpit Gate), with a view of the castle in the far distance against a dawn sky. The Queen clearly enjoyed the creation of this very personal painting, just as she enjoyed riding out with these companions: on 31 July 1839 her journal describes Lord Melbourne sitting on a wooden horse within the artist’s studio:
‘looking so funny, his white hat on, an umbrella, in lieu of a stick in one hand, & holding the reins, which were fastened to the steps, in the other . . . it is such a happiness for me to have that dear kind friend’s face, which I do like & admire so, so like . . . and Uxbridge, George Byng, & old Quintin ludicrously like.’