217 William Hogarth, The Cholmondeley Family, 1732

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TitleThe Cholmondeley Family

Creator nameHogarth, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1732

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationPrivate Collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPortrait painting, Georgian (British)Families in artConversation piece (Portrait painting)Domestic animals in art

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8. ‘Light Incidents’

Kate Retford

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

On the morning of 27 May 1732, William Hogarth, Ebenezer Forrest and some other friends set out from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden on an impromptu five-day excursion to and around Kent...

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Kate Retford

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.287-313

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00340.9

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Chapter subject tags:Conversation piece (Portrait painting)Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810England--Social life and customs--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryHogarth, William, 1697-1764Wit and humor in art--Great Britain--18th century

2. On the Road

Mark Hallett

Reynolds: Portraiture in Action

~~In the decade that followed his departure from Hudson’s studio, Reynolds pursued a varied and often itinerant form of work and study.For the classic early accounts of this period of Reynolds’s life, see...

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Mark Hallett

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

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https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.3

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Chapter subject tags:Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Portrait painting, British--18th centuryArtists' studios--Great Britain--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...

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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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