Until recently, it was commonly thought that the importance of the art of England in the 18th and early 19th centuries lay almost entirely in those large and aristocratic portraitsReyn-oldses, Gainsboroughs, Raeburnsthat are found in every great museum. Today scholars and connoisseurs have set the record straight: not only was the art of England infinitely more than portraits, but it marked a high point in the history of Western art in general. Last week a superb exhibition of some 300 English oils, plus 138 watercolors and drawings, was on display at the Virginia...
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