Reading Lewis Cage
The Young Cricketer (1768), by Frances Cotes RA: Cricket, Art and the Rise of Nationalism in England after the Seven Years War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21789611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Cragoe (0000-0002-5430-5390, Goldsmiths University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 239-258 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-0194 • E-ISSN: 1754-0208 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1754-0208.12754 |
| OpenAlex | W3186442769 |
| Language | EN |
Recent scholarship has shown how the burst of cultural self‐confidence that followed the Seven Years War fuelled British desire for a national school of art and the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768. This article re‐reads a portrait exhibited at the academy’s inaugural exhibition by leading London artist Francis Cotes. It argues that the portrait of young Lewis Cage was more than a simple portrait of a favourite son; rather, it was both an essay on the contours of contemporary British identity and a worked example of the potential of portraiture to rival the prestige of continental history painting
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Cricket · Exhibition · Favourite · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Prestige · Sociology · Van Dyke beard · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |