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Part of: 18th & 19th Century Western Art (15 resources )
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18th & 19th Century Western Art

The stories behind the paintings - war, slavery, scandal and tragedy.

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All Rights Reserved (<p>Collection created by Sophie Grillet</p>)
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Sophie Grillet
Last Updated
August 18, 2023 4:33 p.m.

15 Items in this Learning Collection
The Digby Children - The most Scandalous woman in Europe & her mean brother

Resource with 3 media
Footed Bonbon Dish (sugar, of a sugar and creamer set)

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Lady Eleanor Dundas
Lady Eleanor Dundas is shown half length, seated in front of a brown background. She looks towards the light source to the right of the painting. She is dressed in a diaphanous black dress with an Empire cut and black veil. A sheer lace collar frames her throat. She has heavy lidded eyes and an alert or slightly mournful expression
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Hogarth - the Four Times of the Day - Morning: who are they?
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “MORNING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy square. There is a pyramid of people to the right, with lovers, beggars, and a woman warming her hands over a fire. The left has a woman in a gown and a small boy behind her. Beyond them in the distance is a large mass of people carrying posters. The upper half shows the tops of the buildings that line the square. The rooftops has a dusting of snow, and the clouds are dark as if it were an early winter morning.<br />
Resource with 1 media
Lord Charles Spencer 
A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.
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The Edwards Family on a terrace
Six figures appear in a formal garden landscape. On the right a pair of men in powdered wigs stand behind two women, one seated in a wheelchair, before an elaborate portico. A pair of boys, also sporting wigs, stand on the left, partly screened by a fountain. One of the boys holds a shell and the other carries a parrot. A small pool extends through the middle ground behind the figures and draws attention to the setting and the distant obelisk visible above the trees.
Resource with 1 media
Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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Whistler's "Benevolent Dictatorship" slaveholding relatives
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
Resource with 1 media
Portrait of  Lady by Tischbein
An elegantly attired young woman is shown in a half-length portrait. Her hands are crossed in front of her at the wrist and she holds a partially open folding fan in her right hand. Her blue silk dress has long lace cuffs and a lace overlay at the shoulders and bodice. The bodice is also ornamented with silk bows of matching silk. At her neck is an elaborate pearl and lace choker; she has a matching pearl bracelet and seed pear earring. Her haif carries the blue of dress in the ornamentation at the crown of her head. Ribbons from her hair ornament cascade down either side of her bosom.
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Sir Foster Cunliffe - the full story - 
A full-length portrait of a standing male in a lanscape setting. To the left of the composition stands a pair of birches near the figure; to the right, the landscape opens up to a distant expanse of trees and hills. The man stands facing to the right but looking out of the canvas to the left. He holds a bow and quiver of arrows; a black hat with a feather is on the ground at his feet. He is dressed in tan pants and waistcoat with a green frock coat and black boots.
Resource with 1 media
The Four Times of Day: Evening
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “EVENING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a pastoral scene with several adults and children by a stream at the bottom of the print. Behind them, someone milks a cow. The upper half shows the tops of buildings and rolling hills. A sunset is taking place with dramatic clouds.<br />
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Hogarth The four Times of Day Evening: Who are they?
This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “EVENING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a pastoral scene with several adults and children by a stream at the bottom of the print. Behind them, someone milks a cow. The upper half shows the tops of buildings and rolling hills. A sunset is taking place with dramatic clouds.<br />
Resource with 5 media
Portrait of a Lady

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German inheritance 

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Front door to the Henry O. Havemeyer House, New York (one of a pair)
One of a pair of doors that formed an arched entryway. In the upper two thirds of the door are opalescent square glass &quot;coffers&quot; in an arched composition that corresponds to the silhouette of the doors. The interior-facing side of the doors include curvilinear lead caming, inset with medium-sized beach stones, that frame the glass &quot;coffers&quot;. The exterior-facing side of the doors has the &quot;coffers&quot; framed by patinated copper sheeting.
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The Sugar Tour

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Created by
Sophie Grillet
Last Updated
August 18, 2023 4:33 p.m.

6 Items in this Learning Collection
Lady Eleanor Dundas
Lady Eleanor Dundas is shown half length, seated in front of a brown background. She looks towards the light source to the right of the painting. She is dressed in a diaphanous black dress with an Empire cut and black veil. A sheer lace collar frames her throat. She has heavy lidded eyes and an alert or slightly mournful expression
Resource with 6 media
Martha Washington
Bust-length portrait of a woman with grey hair in a cream colored dress seated in a red chair with a view of the landscape to right of figure seen through an illusionistic stone oval window or oculus.
Resource with 1 media
Whistler's "Benevolent Dictatorship" slaveholding relatives
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
Resource with 1 media
Sir Foster Cunliffe - the full story - 
A full-length portrait of a standing male in a lanscape setting. To the left of the composition stands a pair of birches near the figure; to the right, the landscape opens up to a distant expanse of trees and hills. The man stands facing to the right but looking out of the canvas to the left. He holds a bow and quiver of arrows; a black hat with a feather is on the ground at his feet. He is dressed in tan pants and waistcoat with a green frock coat and black boots.
Resource with 1 media
The Edwards Family on a terrace
Six figures appear in a formal garden landscape. On the right a pair of men in powdered wigs stand behind two women, one seated in a wheelchair, before an elaborate portico. A pair of boys, also sporting wigs, stand on the left, partly screened by a fountain. One of the boys holds a shell and the other carries a parrot. A small pool extends through the middle ground behind the figures and draws attention to the setting and the distant obelisk visible above the trees.
Resource with 1 media
Barbara Hepworth - Sphere with colour (Grey and White)
Oval-shaped piece of veined, green Swedish marble standing on one of its narrow ends. Three holes of different sizes penetrate into the object's center. The holes are painted in a semi-gloss black and matte white.
Resource with 1 media

Whistler's "Benevolent Dictatorship" slaveholding relatives

James McNeill Whistler's extraordinary family

Whistler's mother Anna McNeill contested her African aunt's inheritance from her plantation-owning husband,  Zephaniah Kingsley Jnr.  in Florida.
"Kingsley left much of his land to his wives and children, in a bequest which was immediately contested on racial grounds by his white relatives. Kingsley's niece, Anna McNeill (who married George Whistler; their son James McNeill Whistler became a noted artist) was among the family members who tried to have all of Kingsley's family of African descent excluded from his will."

Zephaniah Kingsley bequest (Florida State Library) 

Florida Times-Union 

​Kingsley's wife (the others were not treated as actual wives) Anta Madjiguene Ndiaye was only 13 years old when she was captured in what is now Senegal as a high ranking member of the Wolof people. Kingsley purchased her in Cuba and (claimed to have) married her in an African ceremony. Calling her Anna, he freed her at age 18, and relied on her to run his household and probably oversee his slaves, freed slaves and estate when he traveled.  After his death in 1843, she was successful in the inheritance lawsuit. Her descendants went on to be wealthy and successful Floridians. The plantation is now owned by the Florida Parks Department.

This Kingsley's father, Zephaniah Kingsley Snr., was Whistler's major slave-trading and owning great-grandfather.​ It seems possible that Whistler moved to Europe because he didn't (wish to) benefit directly from his grandfather's fortune. However his mother's status was clearly dependent.

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African american — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:37 pm)
Florida — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:36 pm)
Mother — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:36 pm)
Senegal — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:36 pm)
Slavery — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:36 pm)

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Slavery — by Sophie Grillet (August 18 2023 @ 4:34 pm)

Part of 1 Learning Collection
The Digby Children - The most Scandalous woman in Europe & her mean brother
<p>The most Scandalous woman in Europe, - Spanish p...
Hogarth - the Four Times of the Day - Morning: who are they?
<p>Caricature and satire dated 1738</p>
Lord Charles Spencer 
<p>Poor little rich kid</p>
The Edwards Family on a terrace
<p>Family business</p>
Sea and Rain
1955/1.89
Whistler's "Benevolent Dictatorship" slaveholding relatives
<p>James McNeill Whistler's extraordinary family</p...
Portrait of  Lady by Tischbein
<p>Where'd you get that fancy frock?</p>
Sir Foster Cunliffe - the full story - 
<p>A story of social climbing. From the slave trade...
German inheritance 
<p>Eighteenth Century Power and Lace</p>

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Sea and Rain (1955/1.89)

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