NON-SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
(British Drawings and Prints of Two Centuries – Plus a Few Precursors)
(British Drawings and Prints of Two Centuries – Plus a Few Precursors)
- Laroon, The Quarrel
- Hollar, Glastoniensis
- Hollar, Landscape with Herdsmen
- Smith, Mr. Will: Richards
- Hogarth, Southwark Fair
- Smith, The Virgin Mary
- Hogarth, Midnight Modern
- Robinson, Banquet Piece
- att. to Vanderbank, Senesino
- Beauclerk, Street Musicians
- Haward, Mrs. Siddons
- Gillray, Comfort to the Corns
- Cheesman, The Seamstress
- Anonymous, Diamond
- Rowlandson, Gaffers
- Bartolozzi, Miss Farren
- Anonymous, Beatrice Fishing
- Say, Miss Mellon
- Rowlandson, The Poacher
- Smith, Narcissa
- Cruikshank, The Cholic
- Vendramini, Strawberrys, Scarlet
- Cruikshank, A Catalanian PicNic
- Morland, Peasants Resting
- Cruikshank, Sales by Auction!
- Daniell, Joseph Haydn
- Williams, Leap Year
- Finch, In the Park
- Cruikshank, A Consultation
- Anonymous, Duck Shooting
- Heath, A Pleasant Draught
- O’Neill, The Mill
- Cruikshank, Hint to the Blind
- Craig, Trees
- Heath, Blessing of Cheap Cider
- Calvert, The Brook
- Calvert, Cottage and Trees
- Lisle, I’d be a butterfly
- Palmer, Early Plowman
- Leitch, Shepherd
- Whistler, La Vieille aux Loques
- Haden, A Water Meadow
- Whistler, The Brothers
- Cameron, The Palace
- Strang, The Cause of the Poor
- Detmold, Long-Eared Bat
- Detmold, Phoenix
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10. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734-1808) Street Musicians with Monkeys and Children |
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Street Musicians with Monkeys and Children
Original drawing in grey wash with touches of watercolor, ca. 1780, 350 x 320 mm. A fine, characteristic drawing, really one of her very best, still on its original mount and signed with initials on the mount. Born Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of the third Duke of Marlborough, the original “Lady Di,” as she was known, was, of necessity, an “amateur” artist. She nevertheless illustrated a number of books, including one by Horace Walpole and Dryden’s Fables, furnished designs for Wedgwood Pottery and drew and painted in watercolor. Walpole was a great admirer of her work and devoted a room to it at his Strawberry Hill estate. A survivor of two miserable marriages and a certain amount of social scandal, she nevertheless moved in intellectual circles, which included Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon, David Garrick, James Boswell and Edmund Burke. Sir Joshua Reynolds was a life-long friend and painted her portrait. The drawing exudes charm while evading mawkishness.
