Bow-mania | Art UK

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Artists featured in this Curation: Joanna Mary Wells (1831–1861), British School, Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), unknown artist, Allan Ramsay (1713–1784), Paul Bürde (1819–1874), French School, Antoine Dury (1819–c.1896), Frank Stone (1800–1859), Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858–1941), and 5 more See all

18 artworks

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Portrait of Sidney Wells 1859
Joanna Mary Wells (1831–1861)
Oil on canvas
H 27.6 x W 25.1 cm
Tate

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Frances Tradescant c. 1638
British School
Oil on canvas
H 68 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Portrait of an Unknown Lady late 19th C
British School
Oil on canvas
H 72.5 x W 61 cm
National Trust, Kingston Lacy

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Mrs Prudence Rix c.1756
Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Oil on canvas
H 75.7 x W 63.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
Lady of Keele 1860–1870
unknown artist
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 62 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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Miss Janet Shairp 1750
Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.4 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

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Memories 1874
Paul Bürde (1819–1874)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 86 cm
Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery

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Portrait of a Lady c.1825–c.1850
French School
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 30.5 cm
The Bowes Museum

Image credit: The Bowes Museum
Joséphine Bowes (1825–1874), Countess of Montalbo 1850
Antoine Dury (1819–c.1896)
Oil on canvas
H 195.8 x W 127.9 cm
The Bowes Museum

Image credit: The Bowes Museum
Two Women in Renaissance Dress, One Playing a Lute c.1850
Frank Stone (1800–1859)
Oil on canvas
H 69 x W 88 cm
Pannett Art Gallery

Image credit: Pannett Art Gallery
Lady Edith Villiers (1878–1935), Wearing a Blue Satin Gown
Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 90 x W 70 cm
Mount Edgcumbe House

Image credit: Mount Edgcumbe House
Portrait of a Lady 1760–1780
French School
Oil on canvas
H 33.6 x W 28.3 cm
The Bowes Museum

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Portrait of a Young Girl c.1620–c.1650
French School
Oil on panel
H 36 x W 26.5 cm
The Bowes Museum

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Mrs Rowe 1752
Henry Pickering (c.1720–1770/1771)
Oil on canvas
H 125.6 x W 100.3 cm
York Museums Trust

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Helen Modrzejewska (1844–1909) 1880
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 50.8 cm
Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

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Diana Mary (d.1995), and June Ramsden 1929
Harry Dixon (1861–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 152.5 x W 121.5 cm
North Lincolnshire Museums

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A Mother and Child
British (English) School
Tempera or oil on metal
H 56.3 x W 41.6 cm
Mount Edgcumbe House

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Professor D. R. Dow 1898
David Comba Adamson (1859–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 90.8 x W 67.6 cm
Crail Museum & Heritage Centre

Image credit: Crail Museum & Heritage Centre