The Sharp Family
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| Artist | Johann Zoffany |
| Year | 1779–1781 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
The Sharp Family is a group portrait painting by the German-British artist Johann Zoffany.[1] Painted between 1779 and 1781 it features the English abolitionist and musician Granville Sharp and his extended family.[2] The Sharp Family are depicted on a barge on the River Thames where they routinely performed. In the background is the church of All Saints, Fulham which the family had strong links to. The painting is now in the National Gallery in London.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Leppert p.206
- ^ Abbott p.70
- ^ https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/johann-zoffany-the-sharp-family
Bibliography
[edit]- Abbott, Mary. Family Ties: English Families 1540-1920. Routledge, 2013.
- Grant, Hester. The Good Sharps: The Brothers and Sisters Who Remade Their World. Random House, 2020.
- Leppert, Richard. Music and Image: Domesticity, Ideology and Socio-cultural Formation in Eighteenth-Century England. CUP Archive, 1993.
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