18th Century Social Gatherings

Paintings depicting social gatherings and interactions among the elite in 18th century settings, rich in detail and ambiance.

Clement Francis of Bavaria (1722-1770), Desmarées, George (1697-1776)

Meeting of friends in the house of Biberius, Everyone Was Speaking, draughtsman: Sara Troost, after: Cornelis Troost, 1771, paper, brush, h 278 mm × w 368 mm

Franklin before the Lord's Council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774. Christian Schuessele (c1824-1879), American painter. Benjamin Franklin presenting the concerns of the American colonists. England Britain Colonialism

Clement Francis of Bavaria (1722-1770), Desmarées, George (1697-1776)

Thomas Patch, 1725-1782, British, British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence, between 1763 and 1765. Oil on canvas.

Edward Francis Burney, 1760-1848, British, The Triumph of Music, ca. 1815. Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley John Flaxman Modelling his Bust of William Hayley, George Romney, 1734-1802, British

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley, 1795 to 1796. Oil on canvas.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Antonio Salieri (1750-1825). Colored engraving.

People sitting at table by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 60, 2x76

Statesman of World War I. From left to right, seated at the table: Sir Joseph Cook, William Morris Hughes, David Lloyd George, Alfred Milner, Winston Churchill, Edward Grey, Herbert Asquith (at the far right of the table) and William Ferguson Massey (back). Standing: Ganga Singh (Maharaja of Bikaner), Louis Botha, George Nicoll Barnes (behind Churchill), Sir Robert Laird Borden, Arthur James Balfour, Sir Eric Geddes, Andrew Bonar Law and Edward Patrick Morris. Painting by James Guthrie (1859-1930). Oil on canvas (396,2 x 335,3 cm), 1924-1930. Detail. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: James Guthrie (1859-1930). Scottish painter.

Mozart Giving A Concert In The Salon des Quatre-Glaces at the Palais du Temple In The Court Of The Prince De Conti in 1766 by Ollivier, Michel Barthelemy (1712-1784) / Private Collection / ca 1770 / France / Oil on canvas / Music, Dance,Genre / 55,3x66 /

HAUER, Jean Jacques (1751-1829). Louis XVI's farewell to his family in Te93.mple's prison, 17. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

CONCIERTO OFRECIDO POR MARIA TERESA I DE AUSTRIA EN 1760 - DETALLE DE MOZART NIÑO Y MARIA ANTONIETA - SIGLO XVIII - BARROCO AUSTRIACO. Author: MARTIN VAN MEYTENS. Location: PALACIO SCHÖNBRUNN. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

The Artist and His Family. Date/Period: Ca. 1772. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 521 mm (20.51 in); Width: 667 mm (26.25 in). Author: Benjamin West.

The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1791, Sir Henry Singleton, British, 1766 - 1839, 40 1/4 x 50 x 1 in. (102.24 x 127 x 2.54 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century

The hours of the day, the morning, 1753-1755, by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-17 - 1767).

Marco Ricci, 1676-1729, Italian, active in Britain (1708-10; 1711-16), Rehearsal of an opera, ca. 1709. Oil on canvas.

Washington's Birthday Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930 American)

Louis XVIII left the Tuileries on the Night of March 20, 1815 by Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron (1771-1835) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1816-1817 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 335,5x505 / Classicism

Attributed to Giuseppe Grech (1755-1787). Maltese painter. Allegory of the Order of Saint John and the Muses. Oil on canvas. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta.

Queen Victoria's First Crown Council Session 1838 David Wilkie (1785-1841 Scottish) Oil on canvas Royal Collection, Windsor, England

'Stump Speaking', 1856 hand-colored engraving by John W. Sartain, after the 1854 original oil painting by George Caleb Bingham. A gesturing politician bends toward his audience to appeal for their votes. The US established secret ballot voting around 1890 (BSLOC_2019_7_52)

Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), Prince Józef near Leipzig / Le Prince Joseph Poniatowski Deval Leipsick; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Story of Gualtiero, Count of Angers, by Giuseppe Cades (1750-1799).

The Call for the Last Victims of the Terror, 7-9 Thermidor, Year 2 (25-27 July 1794) by Muller (Muller), Charles Louis Lucien (1815-1892) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / c. 1850 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 505x890 / Hist

French Salon Scene, Lemonnier, Anicet Charles Gabr

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888. Painting by Henry Jamyn Brooks (1839-1925). Oil on canvas, 1889 (154,5 x 271,5 cm). Detail. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Henry Jamyn Brooks (1839-1925). British painter.

Marie Anne de la Trémoille (ca.1642-1722). Princesse des Ursins. Queens camarera mayor to Maria Luisa of Savoy (first wife of King Philip V of Spain). On 23 December 1714, shortly after Isabella of Farnese's arrival in Spain, Ursins went to meet her in Jadraque (Guadalajara province). Instead of receiving the graces of the new queen, she was expelled from Spain. Isabella of Farnese ordered the head of the Body Guard, Amezaga, to accompany her to the border with France, escorted by members of the Guard and imprisoning her entire service. Prison of the princess des Ursins. Illustration by Bielsa. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume V. Madrid, 1891.

And When Did You Last See Your Father - William Frederick Yeames, circa 1878

Portrait of Staniska August in a coronation costume; Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731-1818); beginning of the 20th century (1901-00-00-1910-00-00);Polish Army Museum (Warsaw - 1920-) - collection, Order of the White Eagle, Stanisław August Poniatowski (Polish King - 1732-1798), Stanisław August Poniatowski (Polish King - 1732-1798) - iconography, royal apples, columns, copies, crown Królewskie, curtains, Polish kings, portraits, portraits of en Pied, portraits en trois-quarts, men's portraits, representative portraits, regiments, coronation costumes, trons

The Gaming Table. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour. 27.3 x 37.2cm.

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam The Netherlands, 1729, Cornelis Troost, 1729

Jan Stolker, Portrait of Cunera van Rijckevorsel (1722-1782), Isaac Hubert (1725-1798) and Isaac Hubert jr (1756-1839), group portrait portrait painting material linen oil painting, Landscape rectangular portrait of the family Hubert-Van Rijckevorsel lower right signature and year: J: Stolker Pinx 1766 Erasmus Foundation Parklaan Rotterdam City Center New Work status outdoor clothing fashion fashion music The Hague Scheveningen Valkenbosch Van Rijckevorsel Long-term loan from Erasmus Foundation

Daniel Schultz the Younger (1615-1683). German painter. Crimean Falconer of King John II Casimir with his Family, also known as The Family Portrait, 1664. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Tadeusz Rejtan protesting against the partition treaty and immortalized in the painting by Jan Matejko (18381893) The Partition Sejm was a Parliament in session from from 1773 to 1776 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in order to legalize their First Partition of Poland.

The Congress of Paris in 1856 by Dubufe, Edouard Louis (1819-1883) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1856 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 311x511 / Academic art

Henry's birth, Duke of Bordeaux, later Count of Chambord, posthumous son of Charles of Artois, Duke of Berry, and Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, September 29, 1820, Paris, painting by Claude-Marie Dubufe (1790-1864 ). Restoration, France, 19th century.

PORTALES DE LA PLAZA PRINCIPAL DE PUEBLA - OLEO/TELA - 1840. Author: AGUSTIN ARRIETA (1802-1864). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Don Juan Antonio del CASTILLO 1744-1817, founder of Mexican Academy of Fine Art, 18th century Mexican

José María Romero y López / 'Ricardo and Federico Santaló', ca. 1850, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 82 cm x 62,5 cm, P04607. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Louis XVI received at Reims the homage of the Knights of the Holy Spirit, 13 June 1775 by Doyen, Gabriel Francois (1726-1806) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1775 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 345x485 / Rococo

ESQUIVEL Y SUAREZ DE URBINA, Antonio Mara (1806-1857). The Gathering of the Poets. 1846. Work also known as 'The Contemporary Poets'. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Painting depicting Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) a Prime Minister of Great Britain and member of the Conservative Party. Dated 19th Century

Jean-Antoine Houdon sculpting the bust of Pierre Simon, 1804, by Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845), oil on canvas.

The Grosvenor Family, Leslie, Charles Robert, 1831.

Louis XVI before the scaffold by Benazech, Charles (1767-1794) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1793 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 41,7x56,2 / Neoclassicism

The American School 1765 Matthew Pratt American The picture depicts a scene in the London studio of Benjamin West, who is generally agreed to be the figure standing at the left. Based on comparisons to self-portraits, Pratt is the man at the easel, an accomplished portrait painter. The identities of the other artists represented in the picture remain uncertain, but they are younger and they draw rather than paint. The composition explores the academic tradition as carried out among Americans in late-eighteenth century London. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #4326. The American School Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. The American School 11797

'Jobs Teaching'. Series "Jobsiada". Italy, 1845-1852. Dimensions: 74x96 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOHANN PETER HASENCLEVER. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (circle of).

ARRIETA, JosŽ Agustn (1802-1874). Portals of the Main Square of Puebla. 1840. MEXICO. Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle. Oil on canvas.

Traditions in Germany around 1820, Bohemia, Pilsen district, digitally retouched reproduction of a template from about 1850, by Albert Kretschmer February 27, 1825 - 11th July 1891, German painter and costumeist 1f-4913834

GERARD, Franois (1770-1837). Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre (1755-1824). 1823. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

The country club, 1788 , by Henry Bunbury.

La Reina Esclarmunda de Foix; esposa del Rey Jaime II de Mallorca; hecha prisionera por orden de Pedro II de Cataluña y Aragón; el año 1285 y liberada poco después.

La familia de Felipe V - Louis-Michel van Loo

Family Portrait. Dating: 1650 - 1659. Measurements: h 151 cm × w 195 cm × t 5 cm; h 159.6 cm × w 203.6 cm × d 9.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jacob Fransz. van der Merck.

Jan Stolker, Posthumously painted portrait of Willem Schepers, chimney piece portrait painting material linen oilpaint wood canvas, Square portrait of man full-length with wig representing Willem Schepers (1684-1750) as superintendent of the Wijnkopersgilde Sitting on rococo chair at rococo table on which ink set and some foliants Right in the background view to an Italianate landscape left bookcase columns on base and drapery gilt furniture lower left signature and year: J. Stolker (...) Obitum Pinxit 1756 (J. Stolker has this after the death - van Schepers - painted) Rotterdam Douve Douwe rococo Chimney piece transferred from the house of the Wijnkopersgilde.

British, 'Carlo Maratta' frame, Unknown framemaker, 18th or 19th century, Carved wood, later gilding over original gilding

The Mozart Family (1780-1781). Leopold (1719-1787) with his daughter Maria-Anna, Nannerl (1851-1829), and son Wolfgang Amadaeus (1756-1791) at the keyboard. Portrait of Leopold's late wife Anna Maria (1720-1779), centre. Johann Nepomuk Della Croce (1736-1819). Mozart Museum, Salzburg.

A Lady Writing. Dated: c. 1665. Dimensions: overall: 45 x 39.9 cm (17 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.) framed: 68.3 x 62.2 x 7 cm (26 7/8 x 24 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHANNES VERMEER.

GODOY, MANUEL. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. CASTUERA 1767-1851. OLEO DE FRANCISCO DE GOYA. DETALLE. MUSEO ACADEMIA BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO.

Haymakers, George Stubbs, 1794, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe

JOHN JAY, JOHN ADAMS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, HENRY LAURENS Y WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN - TRATADO DE PARIS (1783) - SIGLO XVIII. Author: WEST, BENJAMIN.

American Revolution. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Winter 1777-78. George Washington, kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge. This is a conjectural image of an undocumented incident (BSLOC_2019_3_135)

Seeking Advice. Louis Charles Moeller (1855-1930). Oil on canvas. 51 x 66cm

Portrait of a man in 17th-century clothing. Portrait of a man in seventeenth-century clothing. Knee piece in oval, standing with a book in the right hand. Pendant of SK-A-1333.

Portrait of Cardinal Andrea Archetti, by Pirovani Giuseppe, 1787, 18th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Bergamo, Private collection. Whole artwork. Cardinal Andrea Archetti full figure mantle surplice city of Bologna statue allegory.

Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730-1775, Irish, Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice", 1767 to 1769. Oil on canvas.

Before the marriage by Zhuravlev, Firs Sergeevich (1836-1901) / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1870s / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 99x134

Brühl, Augustusburg Castle

Evgeny Boratynsky by Karl Wilhelm Bardou, Pastel on bristol board, 1816, 1750s-after 1842, Russia, Muranovo, State Museum of E. Boratynsky,

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Painting by Jean Henri Brandon from 1697: Koning- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (1650 - 1702) in the Trêveszaal of the Ministry of General Affairs, Binnenhof 20, The Hague. ZD}. The Hague, South Holland

Sir John Fielding (1721-1780). British magistrate and social reformer, nicknamed the Blind Beak. Fielding was blinded in a navy accident at the age of 19. Portrait by Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784). Oil on canvas (124,5x 100,3 cm), 1762. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784). Irish-born artist.

In the studio of Wojciech Gerson. Murzynowski, Antoni (1818-1896), painter

Painting by Georg Sturm Presenting Hugo de Groot His scholar works writing, on the western wall in the fronthal ..

The Four Chief Commissioners of the Amsterdam Harbor Works. Dating: 1791 - 1795. Measurements: h 198.5 cm × w 213.1 cm × t 3.9 cm; d 9 cm; w 39 kg. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Wybrand Hendriks.

Napoleon In His Study 1810 Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825 French) National Gallery of Art, Washington,D.C., USA

Robert Dyce. Photograph after a painting.

His FavoriteModel. Artist: John Ferguson Weir, American, 1841-1926, M.A. (HON.) 1871

Portrait of a Man in 17th-century Clothing, anonymous, 1750 - 1799 painting Portrait of a man in seventeenth-century clothing. Knee piece in Ovaal, standing with a book in the right hand. Pendant of SK-A-1333. Northern Netherlands glass. amalgam historical persons not known by name

Portrait of a sea officer, Joseph Marinkel, 1759 miniature (painting) Portrait of a sea officer. Standing, to the left, halfway, in front of a stone wall, the viewer. A Dutch ship in the background. Part of the portrait miniatures collection. parchment (animal material). watercolor (paint). glass historical persons not known by name. officer

Rufus King (born 24 March 1755 in Scarborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay, died 29 April 1827 in Jamaica, New York) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

General Augereau at the Pont d'Arcole on November 15, 1796 by Thevenin, Charles (1764-1838) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1798 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 362x268 / Neoclassicism

Soldier's Head: front and back, George Dance RA, 1741-1825, British, undated, Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm), back, figure study, front, hat, head, soldier

Portrait of Andrey Golitsyn by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Simferopol, Regional Art Museum, 72x56

Mode, Kleidung bei den Stierkämpfen in Spanien in der modernen Geschichte, von links, die Faja, die Seidenbinde wird gebunden, dann ein Matador, ein P...

Attending the theater, 1856-1860, by Honore Daumier (1808-1879), oil on panel, 26x35 cm.

England, Dorset, Dorchester, Dorset Museum, Portrait of Rebecca Steward by Thomas Beach dated 1783 and John Bragg by Thomas Gainsborough dated 1767

Francesco giuseppe emperor

Mozart, aged 7, at the harpsichord with his sister Marianne and his father, Johann. After a watercolour by L.C. Carmontelle, c.1763. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756 - 1791, baptised as Johannes Chrysost

William Wilberforce, Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1828,

Jules Worms, Departure for the Review, c. 1876, oil on panel.

England, Sussex, West Sussex, Chichester, Chichester Cathedral, Interior View of Medieval Painted Panel depicting Portrait of Queen Anne

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored.

Surrender of Burgoyne painting in Capitol, Washington, D.C. ca. between 1910 and 1926.

Johann Sebastian Bach at the organ, Anonymous

Portrait of Vasily Gagarin by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 46x41

Portrait of Pyotr Fyodorovich Borel, Patriarch of Moscow by Pyotr Fyodorovich Borel, Color lithograph, 1860s, 1829-1898, Russia, Moscow, Russian State Library

White House paintings: Revere Beach by Maurice Prendergast (1896); Brig. Gen. John Hartwell Cocke by Edward Troye (1859); Woodrow Wilson by Sir William Orpen (1919); George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (1823); Storm Clouds by Albert Bierstadt (1880); Abigail Adams by Ralph Earle (1785). Portrait of George Washington, painted by Rembrandt Peale. White House, Washington D.C.

Amsterdam, Antique Shop, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Netherlands.

George Washington at Mount Vernon, Lithograph, Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, 1889

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