tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3593180489236979110..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: New Paintings of the GagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-32467868081474332842011-05-11T15:00:04.897-05:002011-05-11T15:00:04.897-05:00One of my favorite places is The Museum of Fine Ar...One of my favorite places is The Museum of Fine Arts, where Copley's portraits let me "see" the people so pivotal in the Revolution. Thank you for introducing me to David Martin. I'll enjoy finding more of his work online.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367012840719617546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-76902120865607183182011-05-10T18:42:32.151-05:002011-05-10T18:42:32.151-05:00Yes, I don’t think we can read Margaret Gage’s per...Yes, I don’t think we can read Margaret Gage’s personality out of her portraits, only clues to how she wanted to be seen within her society.<br /><br />It does seem notable that none of the New England ladies Copley had painted before going to New York, and very few afterward, asked for the same type of pose.<br /><br />Another unusual, though not unique, trait of Gage’s portrait among Copley’s ladies is that she gazes to the side, not at the viewer. I’m tempted to say she gazes at her husband, assuming the two paintings were meant to hang together.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-29086039858505543612011-05-10T17:33:15.121-05:002011-05-10T17:33:15.121-05:00JL, I suspect (am still looking at paintings) that...JL, I suspect (am still looking at paintings) that Mrs Gage's languid attitude and informal gown are more about the contemporary style for portraits, than about Mrs Gage in particular. Perhaps Copley is telling us that she is a woman of wealth and leisure, free to sit about prettily, and dream poetic dreams. KitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com