Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan (exh.1797).
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan (exh.1797). John Hoppner (English, 1758-1810). Oil on canvas. Met.In 1795, Hester Jane Ogle married the Honorable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, a famous playwright and member of Parliament. In this portrait, shown at the Royal Academy in 1797, she strikes a suitably theatrical pose in the guise of a rural laborer bearing her son Charles on her shoulder. This type of portraiture drew upon the idealized imagery of rural poverty that had become fashionable for London audiences. -- source link
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