Portrait of Joshua Reynolds.

 

I get that Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portraits. The art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century, while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art."

But why would someone want a poor quality slide image of him?

This being Maria Jones portrait of him, for Plympton. 

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Think Of The Children !!!!

 

If you're like me, the info written on this slide ( "Cabanel - Nymph and Satyr - Montpellier " ) is unnecessary.

It's clearly a Pierre Cabanel, but I think it's actually Nymph surprised by a satyr 

And I've censored The Naughty Bits.

Bonus - 

The Haggerty's Cultural Trip to Europe

 

Imagine the scene. The Haggerty family return from their three-week tour of Europe, and invite all their friends and neighbours to see the slides of what they saw.

And there's four hours of .... this. 

Agony.

I'm sure you'll recognise the work of Georges Rouget (1784 1869), and more precisely "Cupid Pleading Venus to Forgive Psyche" (1827).

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Could almost be a painting...

Same bag o' slides as yesterday's Golden Gate Bridge, but I doubt if this is one was taken in America.

However, it is a rather good picture - with a definite painterly vbe to in.

Bonus -

Paintings for Sale

Must be an odd life.  Painting to the best of your abilities. Hoping someone else like it. Waving goodbye to your creation...never to know what became of it.

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Capturing The Grandeur

Well, that's certainly not taken in Lincolnshire.

And that's certainly not Bob Ross.

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I Say ! Nymph and Satyr

This was marked as an artwork by Alexandre Cabanel, but it doesn't look like his Nymph and Satyr painting.

Interesting.  Dirty old beggars, these Pre-Raphaelites.

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Worth A Second Look

A nice little view of a continental building.  Or so you might think.

A closer look shows that those people...ain't people.

In fact... is that Tom Selleck - Magnum PI ???


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...Happy Little Trees.

I don't believe that this painter is actually Bob Ross, but I like to thing that she's been influenced by him.  Certainly, there's a large number of Happy Little Trees just waiting to be painted.

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Bonus 2-

Boobies ! (NSFK?)

Hmmmm.    So-so quality art.   As seen in your local charity shop.

I was going to say NSFK, as in "Not Safe For Kids"....but why? Boobies are specifically created for children - why would the simple display of (admittedly odd) nipples and breasts be a concern for children?

Or at least that's the argument My Aunt Hilda used at the trial.

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