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Joseph Highmore

24 works

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Portrait of a woman in a yellow satin dress and lace cap, holding a sprig of flowers before a blue drape and landscape.

Portrait of a Lady

c. 1730/1735

Portrait of a man in a dark green coat and white cuffs, standing with one hand on a ledge against a brown background.

Charles Penruddocke

1743

Oil portrait study of a young girl in a white lace cap with pink ribbons and a blue dress, against a brown background.

Sketch of a Young Girl

1735

Oil portrait of a man in a white wig, dark blue coat and white silk waistcoat, hand on hip against a dark background.

Man in a White Silk Waistcoat

1745

Oil portrait of a woman in a yellow satin dress and lace cap, holding flowers, with blue drapery and a landscape behind her.

Portrait of a Lady

1730

Painting of a man in a cloak leaning over a fainting woman on a bed, with a servant behind blue curtains in a dim room.

Pamela fainting

1743

Oil portrait of a man in a white wig and black coat with lace cuffs, gesturing, against a dark tree and sky background.

An Unknown Man in Black

1735

Oil sketch of a winged angel reaching toward a seated woman holding an infant, with a cloaked figure in shadow at right.

The Angel of Mercy

1746

Oil portrait of a young boy with curled hair, white cravat and red coat, gazing forward against a dark background.

The Head of a Young Boy

1735

Oil painting of elegantly dressed figures conversing on a stone terrace before an arcaded building and garden.

A Family Conversation Piece

1730

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and powdered wig, pointing down beside a marble bust on a stone ledge.

David Le Marchand

1723

Portrait of a woman in a silver gown holding an infant in white, with a parrot on a branch in the dark background.

Mrs. Sharpe and Her Child

1731

Painting of a standing man gesturing before seated figures in 18th-century dress in a wood-paneled room.

The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa

1745

Oil portrait of a man in a white turban and blue fur-lined robe beside a table with papers, minarets behind him.

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

1740

Oil sketch of eight men in powdered wigs and dark coats gathered around a red-draped table in an interior.

Study for a Group Portrait

1729

Portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat with gold waistcoat, holding a rolled document, with a classical rotunda behi

Thomas Ripley

1780

Oil portrait of a man in a grey wig and blue velvet coat, resting his hand on a stone ledge against a brown background.

An Unknown Man

1730

Half-length portrait of a man in a white wig and dark brown coat, with the inscription S: Richardson Author of Clarissa.

Samuel Richardson

1780

Group portrait of a woman in white with a boy in red and a girl with flowers, against a dark background.

The artist's wife Susanna, son Anthony and daughter Susanna

1728

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a brown coat and white periwig beside a writing desk, with a garden painting behind

Samuel Richardson

1750

Portrait of an elderly man in a white wig and black robe, seated beside stacked books and a red drapery.

Henry Stebbing

1757

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a blue velvet gown with white lace and a satin bow, against a dark backgroun

Portrait of a Lady

1734