John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… National Portrait Gallery, PG 1478. Abstract In 1782, John Ramsay undertook a journey to Italy with his father Allan, King George III’s Painter in Ordinary. Their tour lasted two years and for the entire duration of their stay, John Ramsay … and conversazioni where he met a great number of people including artists, Grand Tourists, ambassadors and even the King of Sweden. People > Travel People > Art and Literature Objects > Diaries & Letters Keywords Art Cosmopolitanism … himself as one of the most popular artists in the English capital. In 1767, he was appointed Painter in Ordinary to King George III, who preferred him to his rival Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). His notoriety went beyond the borders of …
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