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Jonathan Richardson
The Elder

1665-1745 England/Portraitist

 

Brief Biography-Jonathan Richardson, The Elder, was a pupil of John Riley and was strongly influenced by Sir Godfrey Kneller. He was, first and foremost, a writer about art. His essays influenced Joshua Reynolds, and his son Jonathan published writings of an equal standard on connoisseurship. Richardson acquired a substantial collection of works by notable masters throughout his life.

 

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Anne
Hatton

Anne Hatton Countess of Winchilsea

Daniel Finch
Second Earl

Daniel Finch Second Earl of Nottingham and Seventh Earl of Winchilsea

Saint John
First Viscount

Saint John First Viscount Bolingbroke

Richard
Mead

Richard Mead

Self-
portrait

Self-portrait

Sir Joseph
Jekyll

Sir Joseph Jekyll

Fisher
Harding

Fisher Harding Master Shipwright

Garton Orme
at the Spinet

Garton Orme at the Spinet

Matthew
Prior

Matthew Prior

Richard
West

Richard West

Sir James
Thornhill

Sir James Thornhill

Sir Richard
Steele

Sir Richard Steele

Sir William Wyndham
Third Baronet

Sir William Wyndham Third Baronet

William Cowper
First Earl Cowper

William Cowper First Earl Cowper