. Early English portraits and other paintings . -out trouble; and he was not withheld by any bashful senti-mentalism from recognizing what he saw there and unsparinglyputting it down upon canvas. The perspicacity and frankness are seen at a glance. Thehonorable lady is portrayed at three-quarter length, comfort-ably seated, looking directly at the spectator, her aged fea-tures eloquent of life and her keen eyes revealing a spirit un-daunted, almost expressing a challenge, unafraid of herphilosophy of existence. She is presented in full face in astrong light, figure also squarely to the front.
. Early English portraits and other paintings . -out trouble; and he was not withheld by any bashful senti-mentalism from recognizing what he saw there and unsparinglyputting it down upon canvas. The perspicacity and frankness are seen at a glance. Thehonorable lady is portrayed at three-quarter length, comfort-ably seated, looking directly at the spectator, her aged fea-tures eloquent of life and her keen eyes revealing a spirit un-daunted, almost expressing a challenge, unafraid of herphilosophy of existence. She is presented in full face in astrong light, figure also squarely to the front. Her right handresting on a table or arm-rest, the index finger keeps the placein a closed vermilion-bound volume lying on her lap, and theleft hand is brought over also to fall upon the book, lightlyholding her reading glasses. She is dressed in black, with awhite underwaist or chest wrap, a brown fur boa hangs abouther shoulders, and she wears an all-encompassing white capwith lace frill. Reproduced in The Connoisseur, London, December, No. WILLIAM BEECHEY English: 1753—1839PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL BERKELEY Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches The Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley, , , second sur-viving son of Augustus, fourth Earl of Berkeley. Born, 1753;died, 1818. Married Emily Charlotte, sister of the Duke ofRichmond. Entered the Navy, 1766, and in 1805 was ap-pointed to the command of the Halifax station. It was dur-ing his incumbency there and under his direct orders that theLeopard engaged the United States frigate Chesapeake, in1807, a combat which led to a prolonged diplomatic corre-spondence and was one of the primary causes of the war whichwas precipitated five years later. A florid man, with indications of a choleric temperament,though with a certain severe kindliness of features withal, theadmiral appears at half-length, standing, against a dark, richred drapery, beneath a corner of which is to be seen a deco-rative landscape. He is turned to the
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