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| Keywords: Hoppnervanda.jpg Miss Mary Linwood Object Type - Before the 19th century a typical portrait would be of a wealthy landowner merchant or nobleman and their families After about 1800 portraits of people from all ranks of society began to be commissioned Pictures of the rich and famous started to include artists politicians literary figures and scientists People - Mary Linwood's copies of old master paintings in crewel wool named from the crewel or worsted wool used in which the brush strokes were rendered by stitches achieved great fame from the time of her first London exhibition in 1787 On one occasion her copy of a painting by the Italian artist Salvator Rosa 1615-1673 was sold for more than the original Her exhibition in Leicester Square London was the first art show to be illuminated by gaslight The first commissioned work of the landscape artist John Constable 1776-1837 was to paint the background details in one of her works Linwood's portrait of Napoleon said to have been done from life was bequeathed to the V A at the same time as this picture So successful was Mary Linwood that she was able to commission John Hoppner 1758-1810 to paint her portrait By this time he was principal painter to the Prince of Wales later George IV and the most important portraitist in England ca 1800 Oil on canvas Height 91 4 cm unframed Width 71 1 cm Institution VAM no 1439-1874 http //images vam ac uk/indexplus/page/Home html VAwebteam wikipedia en Released under the GNU Free Documentation License other versions PD-old-100 GFDL relicense original upload log page en wikipedia Hoppnervanda jpg 2008-01-02 10 46 VAwebteam 525×678×8 40310 bytes <nowiki>Miss Mary Linwood about 1800 John Hoppner V A Museum no 1439-1874 Techniques - oil on canvas Place - Great Britain Dimensions - Height 91 4 cm unframed Width 71 1 cm Object Type - Before the 19th century a typical portrait would be of a wealthy</nowiki> Paintings by John Hoppner 19th-century portrait paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1800c 1800s dresses 1800s portrait paintings 1800s oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Portrait 1800s portrait paintings from the United Kingdom 18th-century oil portraits of sitting women at three-quarter length 1800c Females with white dresses in art 1800c Portraits with artwork 1800c Portraits with paintings 1800c Red drapery in portrait paintings 1800c Women facing left in art | ||||
