#Sir Thomas Warton

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Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave Manor

I found that the ancestor of US President George Washington, Lawrence Washington (c.1500-1584), father to Robert (c.1554-1619), on 26 July 1529, was a bailiff at Warton (in the Barony of Kendal) to Sir William Parr, Baron Parr of Horton, uncle to Queen Catherine. Lawrence was the son of John and Margaret Washington. By his mother, he was a nephew of Sir Thomas Kytson of Hengrave, son of Robert of…

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To each his own (LIFESAVER)

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◊ DANDY PRESIDENT POLK'S

◊ DANDY THOMAS WARTON

◊ DANDY FORTIN

◊ DANDY UNCLE SAM

◊ DANDY MASON

◊ DANDY SEZ JOHN C. CALHOUN

◊ DANDY ARNOLD

◊ DANDY KING TO

◊ DANDY HONORABLE MR. BAGOWIND

◊ DANDY PENELOPE

◊ DANDY SIR GAWAINS

◊ DANDY EARNEST

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Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton, 1639 | Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599--1641)

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On 16 June [1556], Giovanni Micheli, the Venetian ambassador, wrote to the Doge to say that Sir Thomas Pope, 'a rich and grave man of good name', had been appointed [Elizabeth's] governor. He was an urbane and scholarly man, much preoccupied at this time by his new foundation at Oxford, about which Elizabeth asked lively and intelligent questions. It was in Micheli's opinion that she might be said to be 'in ward and custody though in such decorous and honourable form', as was becoming to her position as heiress to the throne. He records that Pope's custody lasted from June to October 1556, but Pope's biographer, Thomas Warton, suggests he was at Hatfield for a longer period, mentioning that on Shrove Tuesday 1556 he arranged a masque at his own expense to amuse Elizabeth. She was serenaded by twelve minstrels, while forty-six lords and ladies dressed in crimson satin embroidered with gold and pearls took part. There was a tournament, a banquet of seventy dishes and a play about Holofernes; but the Queen objected, requiring Sir Thomas to take his duties more seriously.

The Word of a Prince: A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents [Perry, Maria]

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

English painter, collector and writer Sir Joshua Reynolds was born #onthisday in 1723.

Reynolds specialised in portraiture and promoted the 'Grand Style' of painting, which was inspired by the idealism of classical and renaissance art. Before Reynolds, the Grand Manner was typically used for historical paintings only, but he successfully adapted it to portraiture, creating a new style of the art form. He was also one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy of the Arts.

Here are three portraits by Reynolds from our collection, two of which can be seen on display on our second floor.

James Paine, Architect, and his Son, James by Joshua Reynolds, 1764. Oil on canvas.

Dr Joseph Warton by Joseph Reynolds, 1777. Oil on canvas.

Miss Elizabeth Keppel, later Mrs Thomas Meyrick by Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Oil on canvas.

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Literary Party at Sir Joshua Reynolds (James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Charles Burney, David Garrick,Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Pasquale Paoli, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Warton), William Walker, 19th century, Harvard Art Museums: Prints

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/279218

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

English painter, collector and writer Sir Joshua Reynolds was born #onthisday in 1723.

Reynolds specialised in portraiture and promoted the 'Grand Style' of painting, which was inspired by the idealism of classical and renaissance art. Before Reynolds, the Grand Manner was typically used for historical paintings only, but he successfully adapted it to portraiture, creating a new style of the art form. He was also one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Here are three portraits by Reynolds from our collection, two of which can be seen on display on our second floor.

James Paine, Architect, and his Son, James by Joshua Reynolds, 1764. Oil on canvas.

Dr Joseph Warton by Joseph Reynolds, 1777. Oil on canvas.

Miss Elizabeth Keppel, later Mrs Thomas Meyrick by Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Oil on canvas.