A large painting by this artist includes depictions of Fanny Burney and Lady Montagu, features statues and paintings in its outdoor background, and shows prizes being given to artists.
An etching by this artist was inspired by a passage from Gulliver's Travels and depicts Cato and Epaminondas as part of a Glorious Sextumvirate. A large painting by this artist includes depictions of Fanny Burney and Lady Montagu, features statues and paintings in its outdoor background, and shows prizes being given to artists. This artist included four muscular men erecting a naval pillar honoring Horatio Nelson in the background of his painting showing a river god dispersing the "manufactures of the Midlands" to the four continents. Those two paintings, The Distribution of Premiums and The Triumph of the Thames, are part of a series by this artist culminating with Elysium, or the Final State of Retribution, and illustrating how the human mind attains happiness through learning; those works were made for the "Great Room" of the Royal Society. For 10 points, name this Irish painter of The Progress of Human Culture series.
An etching by this artist was inspired by a passage from Gulliver's Travels and depicts Cato and Epaminondas as part of a Glorious Sextumvirate.
James Barry