63 William Hogarth, A Performance of ‘The Indian...

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Description: A Performance of The Indian Emperor or The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards

TitleA Performance of The Indian Emperor or The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards

Creator nameHogarth, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1732–1735

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationPrivate Collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPainting, British--18th centuryTheater in artConversation piece (Portrait painting)

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2. Staging the Art of ‘Talk’

Kate Retford

The Conversation Piece: Making Modern Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Vertue’s discussions of the conversation piece in the 1730s constantly feature words such as ‘agreeable’, ‘easy’, ‘natural’ and ‘graceful’. William Hogarth, he notes, had ‘daily success...

Author

Kate Retford

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.63-91

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00340.3

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Chapter subject tags:Conversation piece (Portrait painting)Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Portrait painting, British--18th centuryDevis, Arthur, 1711-1787Interior decoration--England--18th centuryEngland--Social life and customs--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--18th century

VII. The State of a Child

Marcia Pointon

Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England

Work by social and economic historians investigating demographic trends and regional histories has offered comparative views of family structures and practices in early modern Europe...

Author

Marcia Pointon

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.177-226

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00062.012

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Chapter subject tags:England--Social life and customs--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Romney, George, 1734-1802Children--PortraitsRamsay, Allan, 1713-1784Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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