Using the North Carolina Museum of Art’s British collection as inspiration, this New Scholars conference explores the ways in which we can examine “English” and “British” works of art. Please use this page to explore the new installation of the NCMA British Collections, whose works of art range from 1580-1850.
British School, Portrait of a Gentleman, possibly Reginald Scott (ca. 1537–99), 1581. Oil on cedar panel. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.3)
British School, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1605–15. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.1)
British School, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1590–95. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.4)
British School, Portrait of a Gentleman, probably Sir John Scott (ca. 1564–1616) of Nettlestead, Kent, ca. 1600–05. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.5)
British School, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1610. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.6)
British School, Portrait of a Lady, probably Katherine Smythe Scott (ca. 1564–1615/16), ca. 1620–30. Oil on oak panel. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.7)
British School, Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Breastplate, ca. 1585–90. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc, 1967 (NCMA 67.13.8)
Sir William Beechey (British, 1735–1839), The Oddie Children, 1789. Oil on canvas. Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.65)
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–88), Ralph Bell (1720–1801), 1772–74. Oil on canvas. Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) and the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.70)
Joseph Nollekens (British, 1737–1823), William, Lord Cavendish, Fifth Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811). ca. 1812. Marble. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gardner, 1958 (NCMA 58.11.1)
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Flemish, 1616–80), Charles Stuart, Third Duke of Richmond and Sixth Duke of Lennox (1639–72), ca. 1661. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Edward Shearson 1955, (NCMA 55.6.1)
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Flemish, 1616–80),Barbara Villiers, later Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709), ca. 1662–65. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries and the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in memory of William R. Valentiner, 1959 (NCMA 59.18.1)
John Hoppner (British, 1756-1810), Mrs. William Huskisson (died 1856), ca. 1800. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. William Emerson Boscowitz, 1963 (NCMA 63.37.1)
William Hoare (British, 1707–92), William Pitt, later First Earl of Chatham (1708–78), ca. 1754. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lee Brooks, 1955 (NCMA 55.2.1)
Attributed to Nathaniel Dance (British, 1735–1811), Oldfield Bowles (1740–1810), ca. 1775–80. Oil on canvas. Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.87)
John Hoppner (British, 1758–1810), William Wyndham, Lord Grenville (1759–1834), ca. 1800. Oil on canvas. Purchased with finds from the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.74)
Sir David Wilkie (British, 1785–1841), Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rábida Explaining His Intended Voyage 1834. Oil on canvas. Gift of Hirschl and Adler Galleries, 1957 (NCMA 57.17.1)
Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–92), Sir Walter Calverly-Blackett, Second Baronet (1707–77), ca. 1768–77. Oil on canvas. Gift of Newhouse Galleries, 1964 (NCMA 64.4.2)
George Romney (British 1734–1802), Lady Eleanor Ramsay (1766–1819), 1786. Oil on canvas. Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.85)
Paul van Somer (Flemish, 1576/78–1621/22), Christian, Lady Cavendish, Later Countess of Devonshire (1598–1675), and Her Daughter, 1619. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hartwell Hodges, 1958 (NCMA 58.3.1)
Paul van Somer (Flemish, 1576/78–1621/22), William, Lord Cavendish, Later Second Earl of Devonshire (1591–1628), and His Son, 1619. Oil on canvas. Gift of John Motley Morehead, 1958 (NCMA 58.4.1)
Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756–1823), Sir Brooke Boothby (1744–1824), ca. 1790–1800. Oil on canvas Gift of Jeanette Hartshorn Campbell in memory of her father, Crawford Jennings Campbell, 2011 (NCMA 2011.7)
Attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee (British, 1769–1850), Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, Third Baronet (1803–94), ca. 1815–30. Oil on canvas. Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952 (NCMA 52.9.78)
Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830), Head of a Young Woman, ca. 1800. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, 1979 (NCMA 79.6.14)
British (George Chinnery?), Robert Sherson (circa 1770–1842), ca. 1800–07. Oil on canvas. Gift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), 1928 (NCMA 28.2.43)
For more items in the NCMA British Collection, see: http://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/
For information on the new installation at the NCMA, see: History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection
New Scholarship in British Art History 