Portrait of Miss Jane Reade, William Beechey

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William Beechey, Portrait of Miss Jane Reade
William Beechey, Portrait of Miss Jane Reade
William Beechey
Portrait of Miss Jane Reade
1813
Portrait of Miss Jane Reade, 1813
Where object was made: England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: canvas; oil
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 213.4 x 129.5 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 84 1/2 x 51 0.9843 in
Credit line: Gift of Walstein Findlay
Accession number: 1958.0126
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003: Beechey was the favorite painter of King George III and Queen Charlotte, who knighted him after he produced a monumental portrait of the King reviewing troops in Hyde Park, London. Although not as technically brilliant as his contemporaries, Thomas Lawrence and John Hoppner, his works are still solid and tasteful, distinctly in the classical tradition of Joshua Reynolds. Jane Reade was the sister of Sir John Reade, who commissioned several pictures of himself, his mother, and his sister from Beechey in the years around 1813. This portrait in particular can be dated from Beechey’s account books. Her pose with a harp has a long tradition in English portraiture.

Resources

Video

WATCH a reenactor play music on a harp similar to Miss Reade's

Audio

Audio Tour – Bulldog Podcast
Audio Tour – Bulldog Podcast

Links

SEE a photograph of the Manor Farmhouse in Oddington where Miss Reade lived
SEE a similar painting in the National Gallery of Art