Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John Opie" in English language version.
John Opie Portrait of George 1st Marquess Townshend (..., 1767 Sale Date: April 26, 2018 Auction Closed
But Opie's love for his wife led him to desire her constant presence . Devoted as ever to his work , he was not willing to enter into society more than could be helped , while she , full of the joy of living , delighted in gaiety of all ...
The bluestockings actively participated in this project of promoting female learning through visual culture. ... Frances Boscawen commissioned John Opie's 1786 portrait of Hannah More, while another ...[he painted Mrs Delany, Samuel Johnson, Mary Wollstonecraft and his own wife Amelia]...
The 2nd Baron, Richard (1716–1761) was a close friend of Horace Walpole as was his brother, George, the 1st Earl (1721–1795). George was also friends with Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick and John Opie and became part of the 'Strawberry Hill' set...
The cash book is in the Holkham Hall ... Mr. Robinson points out that Coke of Norfolk commissioned a number of paintings of his Whig friends, such as John Opie's painting of Charles James Fox which also now hangs at Holkham.
...he saw Mark Oates, an elder companion and afterwards captain of marines ..draw a butterfly
Thomas Lawrence,esq.,... J. M. W. Turner, James Northcote, esq.,... Peter Martineau...• ASSOCIATES Henry Bone...
This was Prince William Frederick, the Duke of Gloucester, a staunch advocate of the abolition of slavery. Amelia had first met him in the 1790s, when he was a guest of the Gurneys of Earlham on several occasions. Louisa and Richenda Gurney wrote glowing accounts of him in their journals, describing him as sociable and agreeable. John Opie's last portrait was of the Duke; it was completed just before his death. The Duke wrote a letter of sympathy to Amelia and said he was glad Royal etiquette allowed him to follow the Opie funeral procession in his carriage to St. Paul's Cathedral...Writing to W.J. Fox in May 1832, she [Harriet Martineau] mentioned Demerara, her short story set on a West Indies plantation: 'I have sent Demerara to the Duke of Gloucester through Mrs. Opie who knows him [Prince William, Duke of Gloucester] well and has taken me up vehemently.'
1799 Oil by Opie, probably of Princess Charlotte, listed in Ada Earland, John Opie and his Circle, 1911, p 268.
