Hampton Court Beauty: Lady Mary Bentinck, c. 1700. Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
They were probably originally commissioned to hang in the "water room" at Hampton court, however after his wife's death in 1694, William moved them to "the eating room downstairs" where they currently hang.[1]
Hampton Court also houses the Windsor Beauties by Sir Peter Lely, depicting the most beautiful ladies of the court of King Charles II of England, a generation before. However unlike the Windsor Beauties, the Hampton Court Beauties were not mistresses of the King, but attendants to Queen Mary. In contrast to the three quarter sized Windsor beauties, they are more formally posed, and full length. They are of a plainer, less erotic style reflecting a more moralistic society, and the desire to "rebrand" the monarchy accordingly.[2]
Later critics such as Hazlitt and Fuseli still found them problematic, Hazlitt describing them as "painted, tawdry",[3] and by 1835 the earlier set of "bold meritricious hussies"[a] had been sent from Windsor to join them at the more informal setting of Hampton Court.[4] Both sets were part of the exhibition "The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned" in 2012.[5][6]
^ abAlexander, Julia Marciari; MacLeod, Catharine (2007). Politics, Transgression, and Representation at the Court of Charles II. Yale Center for British Art. pp. 113–115. ISBN9780300116564.
^Sharpe, Kevin (2013). Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1714. Yale University Press. pp. 412–414. ISBN9780300162011.
^Jones, Robert W (1998). Gender and the Formation of Taste in Eighteenth-Century Britain: The Analysis of Beauty. Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN9780521593267. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^ abLong, Phil; Palmer, Nicola J (2008). Royal Tourism: Excursions Around Monarchy (Illustrated ed.). Channel View Publications. p. 44. ISBN9781845410803. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^. Historic Royal palaces. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^Kennedy, Maev (7 March 2012). "Hampton Court exhibition reveals damned beauties of Stuart era". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External linksEdit
The Independent: Carry on, your majesty: Charles II and his court ladies
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