{"title":"Wollaston, John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Wollaston (c.1710–1775)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English portrait painter who worked extensively in Britain's North American colonies during the mid-eighteenth century. His exact birth and death dates remain uncertain, but he is documented as an active artist from the 1740s into the 1760s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWollaston probably trained in London, perhaps under a painter who specialised in rendering clothing and drapery. His portraits reflect the fashionable English Rococo style of Thomas Hudson, with graceful poses, carefully painted fabrics and distinctive bright eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe travelled to New York in 1749 and established a successful career among merchants, landowners and prosperous colonial families. During subsequent years he worked in Philadelphia, Annapolis and Virginia. His sitters included members of influential families seeking portraits in the style fashionable in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1765 Wollaston was working in Charleston, South Carolina. His \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wollaston-john-c1710-1775-mrs-john-beale-1765-67\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs John Beale\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1765–67)\u003c\/a\u003e, a portrait of Mary Ross Beale, illustrates his sophisticated treatment of costume and the conventions of formal portraiture. The painting is preserved at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWollaston's presence in the colonies helped introduce English painting techniques and fashionable portrait styles to local artists and patrons. Painters including \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/west-benjamin\"\u003eBenjamin West\u003c\/a\u003e, John Hesselius and Matthew Pratt were influenced by his example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe left Charleston for England in 1767. Little is known with certainty about his subsequent life, and the place and year of his death remain unconfirmed. His many surviving portraits provide a valuable record of people and dress in colonial America before the War of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wollaston-john-c1710-1775-mrs-john-beale-1765-67","title":"Wollaston, John (c1710-1775) - Mrs John Beale 1765-67","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs John Beale\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1765–67), also known as \u003cem\u003eMary Ross Beale\u003c\/em\u003e, is a portrait by the English-born artist John Wollaston (c.1710–1775). Painted during his time in Charleston, South Carolina, it presents a member of the colonial merchant and landowning society in the fashionable English Rococo manner. The original painting is held by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download includes 1 JPEG image at 600 dpi, measuring 4396 pixels wide by 5194 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wollaston-john\"\u003eJohn Wollaston\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64395577491786,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Wollaston_John_c.1710-1775_-MrsJohnBeale1765-67_main.jpg?v=1794590591"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Wollaston_John_c.1710-1775.jpg?v=1794590753","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/wollaston-john.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}