Joseph Wright of Derby painted a portrait of a notable British subject, Sir Brooke Boothby, in 1781 that is extraordinary to me in its extravagant portrayal of a gentleman of sentiment and high fashion (which he was). He is portrayed reclining full length in a garden grove holding a book open (Rousseau I believe) and wearing a very large hat tilted to one side and in elegant but "suitable" clothes for a morning walk. It is for me a quintessential late 18th Century expression of the life of privilege removed from the salon to the beloved English garden which found its way to Versailles.
Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:43 pm
Rosalie
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Re: Sir Brooke Boothby
It must be great! Do you have any pictures of it? I would be curious to see it
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Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:12 pm
Rosalie
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Re: Sir Brooke Boothby
I found it! It's really delightful, and it seems to represent the XVIII century taste for sensibility and nature so well...
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