"Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh bought the artwork on 26 April 1937 and it was then donated to the National Gallery of Art. Citations Bibliography Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting) Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) is an oil on canvas portrait painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1937. Mrs. Sheridan (Elizabeth Ann Linley) was a talented musician who enjoyed professional success in Bath and London before marrying Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1773 and abandoning her career. She was 31 when she sat for Gainsborough, dying from tuberculosis"
"his teaching—David Wilkie, William Allan, Alexander Fraser, and John Watson Gordon"". In 1859, the Royal Scottish Academy bought his ""The Disobedient Prophet"", writing of Graham that he was a ""Master to whom Scottish Art had been considerably indebted"". The painting hung in the National Gallery of Scotland until 1896, when it disappeared. Graham painted portraits, including one of the actress Tryphosa Jane Wallis and Alderman John Boydell. He also painted animal pictures, such as the series of lion and tiger paintings he made of the menagerie in the Tower of London. Graham died at his home ""'after a severe and"
"are Thomas, born 1740 and dressed in skirts as was typical for small boys until they were breeched, Henrietta, Anna Maria and Richard. The painting is noted for its many references to mortality, the passing of time and the fragility of life as Thomas had died by the time the painting was completed. It remained in the ownership of Richard Robert Graham, depicted on the far right of the painting, at least until his death in 1816. It then had several owners before it was acquired by Lord Duveen who presented it to the British National Gallery in 1934. Richard"
"the picture are Thomas, born 1740 and dressed in skirts as was typical for small boys until they were breeched, Henrietta, Anna Maria and Richard. The painting is noted for its many references to mortality, the passing of time and the fragility of life as Thomas had died by the time the painting was completed. It remained in the ownership of Richard Robert Graham, depicted on the far right of the painting, at least until his death in 1816. It then had several owners before it was acquired by Lord Duveen who presented it to the British National Gallery in"
"in pen and black ink dated to 1854–55 as well as a pen and ink drawing of the head of the girl modelled by Fanny Cornforth. The painting was first commissioned by Francis McCracken but the commission was dropped because of lack of progress on the painting. Next James Leathart, then William Graham commissioned the work. Graham only took possession of the unfinished work after Rossetti's death. Graham's estate sold the work in 1886, presumably to Frederick Richards Leyland and it was sold again at Leyland's estate sale, held at Christie's on 28 May 1892. Samuel Bancroft, a textile mill"
"lingering illness'"" on 1 November 1817. John Graham (painter) John Graham (1754 – 1 November 1817) was an 18th-century Scottish painter and teacher of art. Graham was born in Edinburgh and apprenticed to a coach-painter in Edinburgh, George MacFarquhar. He next moved to London and became a coach-painter. He started studying at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited there between 1780 and 1797. Graham also painted an ""Othello and Desdemona"" for John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery. Graham was nominated four times between 1793 and 1797 for associate membership to the Royal Academy, but failed to win election. Duncan Thomson, in his"
"John Graham (painter) John Graham (1754 – 1 November 1817) was an 18th-century Scottish painter and teacher of art. Graham was born in Edinburgh and apprenticed to a coach-painter in Edinburgh, George MacFarquhar. He next moved to London and became a coach-painter. He started studying at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited there between 1780 and 1797. Graham also painted an ""Othello and Desdemona"" for John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery. Graham was nominated four times between 1793 and 1797 for associate membership to the Royal Academy, but failed to win election. Duncan Thomson, in his article in the ""Oxford Dictionary of"
"Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin is a 1745 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth. A conversational picture, it shows Captain Lord George Graham, of the Royal Navy, in the cabin of his ship with several people. The painting was probably commissioned by Graham to commemorate a naval battle he had fought recently. While commanding a 24-gun sixth rate, he had been one of three British ships to attack a squadron of three powerful French privateers and their prizes. The British were successful in their engagement, capturing all of the"
"Margaret Bloy Graham Margaret Bloy Graham (2 November 1920 – 22 January 2015) was a Canadian creator of children's books, primarily an illustrator of picture books. She is best known for her work on ""Harry the Dirty Dog"" (1956) and other books in the Harry series written by her then husband Gene Zion. Graham was born in Toronto. Her father, Malcolm Robert Graham, was a physician and her mother Florence (née Bloy) was a nurse. When Graham was one, the family moved to Sandwich, Ontario (now part of Windsor), where her father became the superintendent of the sanatorium. Her childhood"
"Margaret Nowell Graham Margaret Nowell Graham (1867–1942) was an American artist who painted watercolors of flowers and landscapes. She was the mother of two national political figures Katherine G. Howard, Secretary of the Republican Party and advisor to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John Stephens Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Margaret Nowell was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1867 to Charles Foster Nowell and Anna Marie Chase. She studied at the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She was a member of the Boston Art club and the American Federation of Arts. Graham made watercolor paintings of"
"was found to be too big for his London house. Many of the pictures he owned are now in Tate Britain. From Edward Burne-Jones, Graham also acquired many pieces. In the 1870s, Graham commissioned the two large oils ""Laus Veneris"" (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne) and ""Chant d'Amour"" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), which were the most important items in a large collection of Burne-Jones's work, formed from the mid-1860s. The ""Graham piano"" was painted by Burne-Jones for Graham's daughter Frances (Mrs. Horner, later Lady Horner); Frances continued her father's role as friend and patron of Burne-Jones. William"
"Mrs. Hugh Hammersley Mrs. Hugh Hammersley is an 1892 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The portrait is of Mrs. Hammersley, née Mary Frances Grant (ca. 1863–ca. 1902), who was the wife of a banker and a fashionable London hostess. In the portrait, she is delicately poised on a French sofa. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: ""Her willowy form and candid expression suggest Sargent's ability to characterize and flatter simultaneously. Her gold-trimmed silk-velvet dress and the sumptuous setting announce his mastery of varied textures and patterns."" The"
"K.M. Graham Kathleen Margaret Graham (1913–2008) was a Canadian abstract impressionist artist known for depicting colors and patterns she found in nature. She is known for becoming a painter at the age of 50, after her husband's death in 1962. Graham was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1913. She graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with a degree in home economics in 1936. She never received a formal education or training in art. Graham was a museum docent at the Art Gallery of Toronto, where she became familiar with works by Piet Mondrian and American color field"
"the Jekyll family memorial at Busbridge Church, Surrey, England. Agnes Jekyll was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918 for her public works. Lady Jekyll first published ""Kitchen Essays"" (1922) in ""The Times"", reprinted in 2001 by Persephone Books. Agnes Jekyll Dame Agnes Jekyll, (née Graham; 12 October 1861 – 28 January 1937) was a British artist, writer and philanthropist. The daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow (1865–1874) and patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she was educated at home by governesses, and later attended King's College London. She married Herbert Jekyll"
"Agnes Jekyll Dame Agnes Jekyll, (née Graham; 12 October 1861 – 28 January 1937) was a British artist, writer and philanthropist. The daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow (1865–1874) and patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she was educated at home by governesses, and later attended King's College London. She married Herbert Jekyll (later Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG), a soldier, public servant and wood-carver, and brother of the noted garden designer, writer and artist, Gertrude Jekyll. They lived at Munstead House in Surrey. Their daughters were: They also had a son Francis Walter Jekyll (1882-1965), who is commemorated on"
"was probably influenced by an earlier cabin work by Bartolomeo Nazari. Graham's enjoyment of the painting was short-lived, he died in 1747. His family kept the portrait in their collections until 1932, when it was sold to Sir James Caird, who subsequently donated it to the National Maritime Museum, where it remains. Lord George Graham was a younger son of James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, and had entered the Royal Navy at a young age. He served with some distinction during the wars of the early eighteenth century, and also entered politics, sitting as member of parliament through his"
"later developed her own canine hero, Benjy, through a series of books. Graham was remarried in 1972 to a merchant-ship officer, Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. She lived in retirement in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Margaret Bloy Graham Margaret Bloy Graham (2 November 1920 – 22 January 2015) was a Canadian creator of children's books, primarily an illustrator of picture books. She is best known for her work on ""Harry the Dirty Dog"" (1956) and other books in the Harry series written by her then husband Gene Zion. Graham was born in Toronto. Her father, Malcolm Robert Graham, was a physician and her"
"Josephine Graham, and Edwin C. Brewer. She lived outside of Scott, Arkansas in Lonoke County for ten years. She retired to New Smyrna Beach, Florida and died there October 9, 1984. Catherine Tharp Altvater Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984) was an American oil painter and watercolorist. Her watercolor paintings hang in the Museum of Modern Art and several other museums. Altvater was the first woman to hold office in the American Watercolor Society. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1907. She was married to Wellington Scott and Fredrick Lang Altvater and lived in the Hudson River Valley, New York"
"today. Cabin scenes are rare in oil painting, and the museum considers this to be the most famous example in British art. Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin is a 1745 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth. A conversational picture, it shows Captain Lord George Graham, of the Royal Navy, in the cabin of his ship with several people. The painting was probably commissioned by Graham to commemorate a naval battle he had fought recently. While commanding a 24-gun sixth rate, he had been one of three British ships to"
"is a Margaret Nowell Graham Memorial Lecture Fund at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Margaret Nowell Graham Margaret Nowell Graham (1867–1942) was an American artist who painted watercolors of flowers and landscapes. She was the mother of two national political figures Katherine G. Howard, Secretary of the Republican Party and advisor to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John Stephens Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Margaret Nowell was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1867 to Charles Foster Nowell and Anna Marie Chase. She studied at the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She was a member"
"Frances Horner Frances Jane Horner (""née"" Graham; 28 March 1854 – 1 March 1940) was a British hostess, member of the Souls social group, and a patron of the arts. She was depicted several times by Edward Burne-Jones, and commissioned works by Edwin Lutyens, Eric Gill, and William Nicholson. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of William Graham (1817–1885) and Jane Catherine (""née"" Loundes; 1819/20–1899). Her father became the head of the family business which imported dry goods from India and Graham's port from Portugal. He served as the Liberal MP for Glasgow from 1865 to 1874. Both"
"The Graham Children The Graham Children is an oil painting completed by William Hogarth in 1742. It is a group portrait depicting the four children of Daniel Graham, apothecary to King George II. The youngest child had died by the time the painting was completed. The painting was in the ownership of Richard Robert Graham, depicted on the far right of the painting, at least until his death in 1816. It then had several owners before it was acquired by Lord Duveen who presented it to the British National Gallery in 1934. ""The Graham Children"" is a conversation piece, an"
"Georgiana McCrae Georgiana Huntly McCrae (15 March 1804 – 24 May 1890) was an Australian painter and diarist. Born in London, she was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, the Marquis of Huntly, son and heir to Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon. Her mother was Jane Graham, about whom little is known: ‘whether she was a housemaid or a milliner, a singer or an actress, she did not belong to Lord Huntly’s world’. Her father, although he publicly acknowledged her, played little part in her life but he financially supported her mother. Some of her early life was spent time"
"Morris and Burne-Jones also prepared a copy, one of four, of ""The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"" (1859) for Frances. His importance is not only as a purchaser and a patron, but also as a person whose fine collection of early Italian paintings helped to inspire the artists whom Graham supported such as Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. After his death, his collection was sold at auction by Christie's in April 1886. Graham married Jane Catherine Loundes (1819/20–1899), and had issue including: William Graham (Glasgow MP) William Graham (1817 – 16 July 1885), Liberal MP for Glasgow, was a Scottish politician, wine"
"was becoming one of the most sensitive and conscientious artistic careers. In 1960, Harriet Graham Bell, Frank's only daughter, married art collector John Cullis. After the war Lund Humphries published ""The Paintings of Graham Bell with an introduction by Sir Kenneth Clark"" (1947), and the Arts Council of Great Britain included some of Bell's work in their exhibition, ""The Euston Road School"" (1948). Graham Bell (artist) Frank Graham Bell (21 November 1910 – 9 August 1943), known as Graham, was a painter of portraits, landscapes and still-life, and a founder member of the realist Euston Road School. He was also"
"a beacon to artistic men and women, some ‘as isolated and unhappy as she was’, and she showed herself as a woman 'of great courage, personality and ability'. Georgiana McCrae Georgiana Huntly McCrae (15 March 1804 – 24 May 1890) was an Australian painter and diarist. Born in London, she was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, the Marquis of Huntly, son and heir to Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon. Her mother was Jane Graham, about whom little is known: ‘whether she was a housemaid or a milliner, a singer or an actress, she did not belong to Lord Huntly’s"
"he commissioned ""Found"" for 800 pounds in 1869; the painting remained unfinished, and took possession of the work after the painter's death in April 1882. In 1871, Graham commissioned ""The Blessed Damozel"" (1871) from Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He also acquired ""La Donna Della Finestra"" (1880) from the artist. Graham began to buy from Rossetti in the mid-1860s. When they came on the market in 1874 and 1885, Graham bought his two Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood oils, ""Ecce Ancilla Domini"" (1850) and ""The Girlhood of Mary Virgin"" (1849) both now in the Tate Gallery. He also commissioned the large ""Dante's Dream"", although this"
"Henrietta Rae Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae (30 December 1859 – 26 January 1928) was a prominent English painter of the late Victorian era, who specialised in classical, allegorical and literary subjects. Her best-known painting is ""The Lady with the Lamp"" (1891); depicting Florence Nightingale at Scutari. Henrietta Rae was born on 30 December 1859 in Hammersmith, London, to Thomas Burbey Rae, a civil servant, and Ann Eliza Rae (), a musician who had been a student of Felix Mendelssohn. She had three brothers and three sisters. Rae began formally studying art at the age of thirteen, being educated at the"
"Mr and Mrs William Hallett Mr and Mrs William Hallett is a 1785 painting by Thomas Gainsborough in the collection of the National Gallery, London (NG 6209). It is popularly known as The Morning Walk. The painting was attacked by a man with a sharp object on 18 March 2017. Gainsborough painted the work in the summer of 1785, shortly before the marriage of the subjects, WIlliam Hallett (1764-1842) and Elizabeth Stephen (1763/4-1833) then both aged 21. After Mrs Hallett's death the painting was offered for sale at Foster's in 1834, though it remained unsold. Later the ownership was disputed."
"in Hogarth's work. Nazari's work had been popular, resulting in a large number of copies, and Hogarth knew Boyne, having painted his portrait. Graham did not enjoy his portrait for long, dying on 2 January 1747. The painting remained in the collections of the Dukes of Montrose and was exhibited on a number of occasions; at Glasgow in 1888, the Royal Naval College in 1891 and at the Royal Academy in 1934. It was purchased by Sir James Caird in 1932, and was a particular favourite of his. It was later presented to the National Maritime Museum, where it remains"
"W. Graham Robertson Walford Graham Robertson (1866–1948) was a British painter, illustrator and author. He donated over 20 works of art to the Tate Gallery, London. “In the London of Beardsley and Beerbohm, Shaw and Henry James, Robertson was a promising presence in the art and theater worlds. Today the museums of England owe a debt to his taste and judgment”, according to ""The New York Times"". He was an important collector of art, especially William Blake. He wrote plays, novels and a memoir,""Time Was"". He painted and illustrated books. He designed costumes for Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry. He"
"""Psyche at the Throne of Venus"" (1894) measures and contains 13 figures. Her painting ""Sir Richard Whittington Dispensing His Charities"" (1900) depicts Richard Whittington; a medieval merchant and four-time Lord Mayor of London. She also painted many socially prominent people; including Lord Dufferin in 1901. Her works include: Henrietta Rae Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae (30 December 1859 – 26 January 1928) was a prominent English painter of the late Victorian era, who specialised in classical, allegorical and literary subjects. Her best-known painting is ""The Lady with the Lamp"" (1891); depicting Florence Nightingale at Scutari. Henrietta Rae was born on 30"
"an American whose portrait Sargent had painted in Newport, Rhode Island in 1876, and who collected Sargent's works. The painting is currently owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mrs. Hugh Hammersley Mrs. Hugh Hammersley is an 1892 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The portrait is of Mrs. Hammersley, née Mary Frances Grant (ca. 1863–ca. 1902), who was the wife of a banker and a fashionable London hostess. In the portrait, she is delicately poised on a French sofa. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: ""Her willowy"