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64 the queen’s gallery.
176 The Orphan Daughter.—The subject of this picture I
was suggested several years before it was painted, but it
appears to have taken its present form in the mind of the
artist on the death of Sir Walter Scott. The apartment
is copied from the one in which Sir Walter died. The
- figure is intended to represent his daughter Anne, near
the vacant chair of her father, whom she survived, as it is
well known, only a few weeks : the attendant is not a
portrait. This interesting little picture was exhibited at
the Royal Academy, in the year 1834, when it excited
much attention and sympathy, both from the subject, and
the feeling and beauty of the execution. It was purchased
by King William IV.
C. 2 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft .4 in. Engraved.
NEWTON (Gilbert Stuart), b. at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, 1795 ; d.
in London, 1835.
[As a painter of fancy conversation pieces, and subjects from
artificial life, very eminent.]
177 The Duenna.—A young girl, rebuked by her gouver- 1
nante, turns away with a pouting air, while the latter closes
the window. An early and not very good specimen of the
powers of this elegant painter.*
About 2 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in.
REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua), b. at Plymouth, 1723; d. in London,
1792.
[In this gallery Sir Joshua Reynolds appears chiefly as an historical
painter, and in this department his harmonious colour, his intense
feeling for beauty and truth in their general effects, could not always
atone for the want of severer and loftier conception, nor for the
feebleness and carelessness of his drawing. ]
178 The Death of Dido. — Three figures, life size. On I
See the Catalogue of Lord Lansdowne’s collection.
176 The Orphan Daughter.—The subject of this picture I
was suggested several years before it was painted, but it
appears to have taken its present form in the mind of the
artist on the death of Sir Walter Scott. The apartment
is copied from the one in which Sir Walter died. The
- figure is intended to represent his daughter Anne, near
the vacant chair of her father, whom she survived, as it is
well known, only a few weeks : the attendant is not a
portrait. This interesting little picture was exhibited at
the Royal Academy, in the year 1834, when it excited
much attention and sympathy, both from the subject, and
the feeling and beauty of the execution. It was purchased
by King William IV.
C. 2 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft .4 in. Engraved.
NEWTON (Gilbert Stuart), b. at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, 1795 ; d.
in London, 1835.
[As a painter of fancy conversation pieces, and subjects from
artificial life, very eminent.]
177 The Duenna.—A young girl, rebuked by her gouver- 1
nante, turns away with a pouting air, while the latter closes
the window. An early and not very good specimen of the
powers of this elegant painter.*
About 2 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in.
REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua), b. at Plymouth, 1723; d. in London,
1792.
[In this gallery Sir Joshua Reynolds appears chiefly as an historical
painter, and in this department his harmonious colour, his intense
feeling for beauty and truth in their general effects, could not always
atone for the want of severer and loftier conception, nor for the
feebleness and carelessness of his drawing. ]
178 The Death of Dido. — Three figures, life size. On I
See the Catalogue of Lord Lansdowne’s collection.