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Nathaniel Hone
The Conjurer
John Singleton Copley
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
William Hogarth
Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo
Benjamin West
The Death of Nelson
Jacques Louis David
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Death on a Pale Horse
James Northcote
Sinking of the Centaur
Francis Danby
An Attempt to Illustrate the
Opening of the Sixth Seal
Opening of the Sixth Seal
Chapter Three
Chapter three examines the evolution of artists’ social position from lowly ‘mechanics’ to their acceptance among polite society, the development of artists’ organizations, art marketing and dealing. From the early establishment of proto-academies and artists’ self-help societies to the use of charitable organizations for status enhancement and the newly emerging leisure industry for public exposure, native British painters displayed great ingenuity and entrepreneurship as they reinvented themselves and adapted their products to suit the changing market environment.
*This is a work in progress; full citations are not available for some artworks. If you have information pertaining to any artist or picture, please send us an email.
John Martin
Joshua Commanding the Sun to
Stand Still Upon Gideon
Stand Still Upon Gideon
