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Also Known As Jonathan B. Blackburn
Born c.1730 • England
Died c.1778
Movement / Style Rococo

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Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant), oil on canvas by Joseph Blackburn, 1754; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English artist
“Pamela Asks Sir Jacob Swinford's Blessing,” illustration no. 11 for Pamela by Samuel Richardson, oil painting by Joseph Highmore, 1744; in the Tate Gallery, London
Joseph Highmore
British painter
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Self-portrait, painting on canvas by Angelica Kauffmann; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss painter
Nattier, Jean-Marc: Madame Le Fèvre de Caumartin as Hebe
Jean-Marc Nattier
French painter
Pesne, Antoine: painting of Adolf Frederick
Antoine Pesne
French-born painter
The Victory of Alexander over Porus
Charles-André Van Loo
French painter
The Lion Hunt, oil on canvas by Jean-François de Troy, 1735; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 60 × 40.64 cm.
Jean-François de Troy
French painter
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Joseph Severn
artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
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Thomas Gainsborough
English painter
Joshua Reynolds: self-portrait
Joshua Reynolds
British painter
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Sir Thomas Lawrence
British artist
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
John Everett Millais
John Everett Millais
British painter
Self-portrait, oil on canvas by George Romney, 1784; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. 125.7 cm × 99.1 cm.
George Romney
British painter
Rowlandson, Thomas: Comet
Thomas Rowlandson
English painter and caricaturist
Northcote, James: portrait of Samuel Northcote
James Northcote
English painter

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