18th Century Art icons and wallpapers

[olde_fashioned]

Almost three dozen icons of one of my favourite subjects: 18th Century art and fashions! 8-D Most of these are by Thomas Gainsborough, but there are a few John Singleton Copley icons, as well two wallpapers.

I've preserved the titles of the paintings at the bottom and have numbered them to correspond with their sucessive icons. ;-) Mostly minimal this time around, because I felt it suited the portraits better. They're so lovely, they don't need any textures.

And yes I made one of Blue Boy. ;-P

As always, never alter my graphics, comment, credit, and enjoy!

Teasers:




Please, if you take anything, be so kind as to take note of the numbers of the icon(s) you're saving, since I am always experimenting with my styles and I would like to know what people like best. (This helps me so I can make more!) The numbers are above the icons. ;-)

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

John Singleton Copley
1. woman in yellow (?)
2 & 3. Mrs. Richard Skinner
4. Mrs. George Watson
5. Mrs. James Warren (Mercy Otis)
6. Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)

Thomas Gainsborough
7. The Blue Boy (Jonathon Buttall)
8. Lady Grace Dalrymple Elliot
9. The Marsham Children
10. Conversation in a Park
11. Ann Ford
12. Sarah Siddons
13. Mary Countess of Howe
14. Portrait of the Artist and His Wife and Daughter
15 & 16. Duke and Duchess of Cumberland
17. Lord Ligonier
18. Lady Ligonier
19. Lady Alston
20. Elizabeth Wrottesley
21 & 22. The Honourable Frances Duncombe
23. Portrait of a Lady in blue
24. Johann Christian Bach
25. Mrs. Graham
26. Queen Charlotte
27 & 28. The Linley Sisters
29. The Artist's Daughters with a cat
30. Mrs. Sheridan
31. Mr. and Mrs. Hallet
32. Mrs. Thomas Graham
33. The Mall
34. Rustic Lovers




Queen Charlotte, by Gainsborough
[Queen of England; King George III's consort]

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Lady Grace Dalrymple Elliot, by Gainsborough

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A bit of a promotion. ;-) The Dreamer is a charming web comic set during the American Revolution, but with a modern twist. A teenaged girl finds herself transported back into the midst of war and surrounded by some very intriguing characters from our historical past.


The Dreamer Homepage -::- -::- -::- The Dreamer Comic Archive

A friend introduced me to this, and as she so delicately put it, it does have have a little *ahem* "skin" due to the period costumes on the ladies, as well as a teensy bit of language, but so far there has been nothing overly objectionable. I've enjoyed it so far, and hope it continues in the same vein that it has begun. :-)

Comments

[zaftig46.livejournal.com]

Stealing Grace Elliot wallpaper, thanks!
It would be great to boost the contrast on some of these images to make the colours and textures of the sumptuous silks and satins just pop!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the suggestion, but I was trying to avoid over-contrasting this batch. ;-)

Enjoy your wallpaper!

[handmaiden-yane.livejournal.com]

I love #5's dress!! She was in one of my history books and I've always loved that picture.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous, isn't it? :-D I love it, too.

[eillinora.livejournal.com]

these are gorgeous! I took 003, 033 and 034 of the icons and both of the wallpapers (because they just look absolutely wonderful xD) In my art history classes we mostly skip portrait/landscape painters like Gainsborough but I just really love them. Luckily there are people on here who share that opinion and make such beautiful icons ;D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I hate it when things about art ignore the great masters and go for the nude stuff rather than the pretty clothes. Just because it's less provacotive or controversial doesn't make it any less worthy or talented. ;-)

[sly-pig.livejournal.com]

I apologize for being off-topic, but as it was at the end of the post (and thus a part of it), it's fair game. ;-) But anyway, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" used to be a favorite piece of mine to play on the piano a year or so back. Perhaps I could find a recording (or make one) and send it to you....

The icons are quite good, by the way. I particularly like #34, but they're all well done.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Nathan, you don't ever have to apologize for commenting! I love comments, even if they're off topic, but yours isn't anyway, IMO. ;-)

I love that song! It would be very interesting to hear it played on the piano. That's not an inconvenience, is it?

Thank you. :-)

Oh, and btw -- did you ever get the links to those items? ;-P

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

These are all lovely!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[midenianscholar.livejournal.com]

5 - Her sleeve is Gorgeous!!! *drool* Lace AND deep blue satin stuff!
7 and 8 - Like the cropping. And her hair is pretty, despite being a wig. ^-^
10 - Very pretty! I love her gown.
15 and 16 - Pretty! I like 15 particularly.
17 - Oooooh, a redcoat!
19 - I love her shawl. Nice crop too.
21 - Ohhh, she's so pretty. I like this crop a lot, too.
24 - A letter! For meeee? :)
25 - Like the colors.
32 - Like the crop.
33 - Three ladies and a gentleman! What more could a man want. *wink*

And I loooove that first wallpaper. Beautiful colors!

Yay the Dreamer! Have you read the update yet? Nathan's so cute! *giggle*

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Oh yay. :-D

Silk/satin + lace = 8-D

I love #8's hair, too! She's so pretty and elegant. I looove her necklace. *sigh*

Heheheh, red coats are nice. ;-) Especially the runaway kind. ;-P

Yes, a letter for you! *hee* (I manip'd the letter/map into this lady, too, actually. But not the Gainsborough one.)

3 ladies -- ROTFLOL!!!

The Dreamer -- nooo, I haven't!! *runs off to check*

[tragic-peculiar.livejournal.com]

I nabbed the two wallpapers - thank you! <3 Sarah Siddons. Is there anything else you could do on the theatrical theme? I've got really into Mary Robinson and the plays of Joanna Baillie recently. xxx

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I have a batch of Victorian actresses that I made for an icontest. Would that suffice? :-)

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, these are gorgeous! My particular favorites are 4, 5, 6, 22, 23, and 31!

(Also, I started reading The Dreamer, and I am rather shamelessly hooked. It's just annoying that she hasn't figured out that her Warren is not the Warren.)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-D

Hee hee!!

[agguss.livejournal.com]

I took #3 :) thanks!.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment!

Gorgeous icon btw. :-)

[palladium.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, these icons and wallpapers are gorgeous! Simply fabulous. I'll for sure be taking 003 and 009 for now, but I may be back for more (in which case I'll let you know which ones I've snagged); I'll credit, of course. Thank you! :D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! :-)

[royalacid.livejournal.com]

Very nice, snagged a few :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Which ones did you take? :-)

[selena25.livejournal.com]

these are so gorgeous, I have no idea what to take first! Will credit, thanks!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment! :-)

[sevenblades.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[boundandchained.livejournal.com]

Hello, out and about again!

I shall be taking off with 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 33, plus the second wallpaper! Lovely work as always!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

LOL!! :-D I am glad they are satisfactory! Thank you for taking the time to record all that, haha. ;-D I do appreciate it!

[iluvpoto.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh...also one of my favorite subjects, thank you! gorgeous

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the comment! :-D I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

I've taken #5 -- it was the icon that sent me looking for you in the first place. I love the shiny blue sleeve!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

:-D I'm glad you found what you were looking for. Did you have to sift through a bunch of posts before you found it?

[ruafair.livejournal.com]

oh my they are incredible... I love the cropping on #03, #04, #05 and #06. Plus the colouring on #05 is amazing... I'm snagging that one, will of course credit.

Fiona

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Those four are actually the ones that inspired this whole batch. :-) Enjoy!

[ginger-tea.livejournal.com]

I've saved 1-6, 8, 13-19, 21-28, 30, 33 and 34. :D Thank you!
(Your wallpapers are gorgeous by the way.)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the comment, and I'm glad you like my wallpapers! :-D heheh!

[byandby.livejournal.com]

I snagged 3 - 5. Will credit, of course. Thanks!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and enjoy! :-)

[madeleinestjust.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee! :D I love your icons! Adopting 4 and 28, because I love the colour of the dress and that expression respectively. Thank you!