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![]() | Henry C. Carey 1826 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland 1829 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
John Howard Payne oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
![]() | John Quincy Adams 1816 Private collection: Mr.& Mrs. Robert Homans Unknown, USA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Le Malade Imaginaire 1843 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | ![]() Critics admired this depiction of Moliere's 1673 satirical comedy The Hypochondriac, particularly the figure of the fierce doctor Purgon. He has just listed the frightful diseases that the terrified Monsieur Argan will suffer, because Argan's sensible brother would not permit the horrible treatment prescribed. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Les Femmes Savantes 1845 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | ![]() Leslie frequently used themes from humorous literature. Here he is illustrating a scene from a play by Moliere, Les Femmes Savantes ('The Learned Ladies'), in which the conceited Trissotin reads a pretentious sonnet of his own composition to his admiring audience of literary ladies, the self-styled 'learned ladies' of the title. When this picture was... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | My Uncle Toby And The Widow Wadman 1831 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | ![]() This painting depicts an incident from Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy (1765). It shows the Widow Wadman trying to stir the affections of Captain Shandy. He peers into her face as she holds a handkerchief to her eye, pretending she has something in it. It was one of Leslie's most popular compositions. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Olivia In "Twelfth Night" 1855 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Queen Katherine And Patience 1842 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | ![]() Since the end of the 18th century there had been a massive revival of interest in the works of Shakespeare, and many artists exhibited paintings that illustrated scenes from his plays. Here Leslie depicts Act III, Scene 1 from Henry VIII. The picture shows Henry's first wife, Katherine of Aragon (Shakespeare's 'Queen Katharine'), in a melancholy mood... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Queen Victoria In Her Coronation Robes 1838 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | ![]() Some months after her coronation in June 1837, Queen Victoria posed for this portrait. It shows the Queen dressed in her coronation robes and kneeling at the altar in Westminster Abbey. Even this small sketch reveals Leslie's skill as an artist who was able to combine the intimate and the historic in a single scene. This point was reinforced by the... | Unrated | Anonymous |
- Charles Robert Leslie