Not a step wrong: on Pompeo Batoni
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Not a step wrong: on Pompeo Batoni
A revised catalogue of the artist's work brings his achievements into view
A uniquely British phenomenon: how museums sprang up in the UK
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A uniquely British phenomenon: how museums sprang up in the UK
From the 1860s, a network of museums were founded nationwide
Romney triumphant
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Romney triumphant
The artist now seems more original than Reynolds or Gainsborough
A forgotten artist returns: George Morland’s work is at last acknowledged
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A forgotten artist returns: George Morland’s work is at last acknowledged
Morland was an exceptional landscape painter and a great observer of social mores
New material for students of 18th-century taste, collecting, archaeology and the cultural exchange between Italy and Britain
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New material for students of 18th-century taste, collecting, archaeology and the cultural exchange between Italy and Britain
Diggers, dealers and dilettanti
Books: Is Hogarth the greatest British artist of all time?
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Books: Is Hogarth the greatest British artist of all time?
Three publications illuminate the subject of Tate Britain’s major exhibition
The story of the great Augustan collectors of antiquities
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The story of the great Augustan collectors of antiquities
An explanation, an adoration and a lament
Gainsborough's House director Hugh Belsey on competing with Tate: Goliath wins
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Gainsborough's House director Hugh Belsey on competing with Tate: Goliath wins
Should Gainsborough’s House have given way to the Tate over a painting in the current Tate exhibition?