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George Harry Grey, Lord Grey of Groby, later 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819) and his Travelling Companion, Sir Henry Mainwaring, 4th Bt (1726–1797)

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Description: George Harry Grey, Lord Grey of Groby, later 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819)...
TitleGeorge Harry Grey, Lord Grey of Groby, later 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819) and his Travelling Companion, Sir Henry Mainwaring, 4th Bt (1726–1797)
Creator nameDance-Holland, Nathaniel
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1760
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Trust, Dunham Massey, Cheshire, United Kingdom
https:/­/­www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/­object/­932400
Accession numberNT 932400
SubjectsPortrait painting, Georgian (British)Portraits, GroupConversation piece (Portrait painting)Grand tours (Education)
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7. ‘The Conversation of a Well Chosen Friend’
Kate Retford
Description: The Conversation Piece: Making Modern Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The Conversation Piece: Making Modern Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The format of the conversation piece enabled the representation of significant constellations of sitters, charting and ‘recognising’ relationships that often moved fluidly between the familial and the non-familial...
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Kate Retford
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2017 by Kate Retford
Related print edition pages: pp.251-285
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00340.8
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23276&redirecttoanchor=91723
Chapter subject tags:Conversation piece (Portrait painting)Portrait painting, British--18th centuryEngland--Social life and customs--18th centuryMen--Societies and clubs--Great Britain--18th centuryHamilton, Gawen, approximately 1697-1737Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810Grand tours (Education)Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Caricatures and cartoons--British--18th century

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Creator nameZoffany, Johann
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Creation date1767–1769
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions114.5 x 167.5 cm
LocationWalker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool, United Kingdom
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/family-of-sir-william-young
Accession numberWAG2395
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Mar 19
Creator nameMercier, Philippe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1733
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationBeaverbrook Art Gallery, Frederickton, United Kingdom
Accession number59.143
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Description: Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator nameReynolds, Joshua
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1773
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions233.6 x 291 cm
LocationTate, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/reynolds-three-ladies-adorning-a-term-of-hymen-n00079
Accession numberN00079
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator nameZoffany, Johann
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1771–1772
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions100.7 x 147.3 cm
LocationRoyal Collection, United Kingdom
https://www.rct.uk/collection/400747/the-academicians-of-the-royal-academy
Accession numberRCIN 400747
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1730
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 1/4 × 49 3/4 in. (102.2 × 126.4 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1671864
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1728–1731
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/103800
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Creator rolePainter
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https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/26/collection/401004/queen-charlotte-1744-1818-with-members-of-her-family
Accession numberRCIN 401004
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1632
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 3/4 x 85 1/4 in. (169.5 x 216.5 cm)
LocationMauritshuis, The Hague
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/artworks/the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr-nicolaes-tulp-146/detailgegevens/
Accession number146
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1662
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5217
Accession numberSK-C-6
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Creator name (description)attributed to Rowland Lockey
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1600
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on vellum
Dimensions9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 29.2 cm)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8821/sir-thomas-more-his-household-portrait-miniature-lockey-rowland/
Accession numberP.15-1973
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1782
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions80.5 x 106 cm
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http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/9879/portrait-of-mrs-congreve-with-her-children?ctx=e4be99e2-1012-4d5f-aef0-86fc78ff0fa0&idx=0
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1787
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.50215.html
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