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- Many large families are riven with petty feuds, jealousies and grudges; not the Sharps, whose setbacks came in the form of the tragic deaths of children: few of the original boating party survived into the next century.
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The family is posed on its ‘pleasure barge’ the Apollo, on the Thames at Fulham (where William later bought a country retreat), for one of its musical water parties. The Sharps loved playing instruments, singing and hearing composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, both friends of the family.
Jan 30, 2019 · Exploring the Sharps’ rich archive of family correspondence, diaries, and household accounts opens a window on Georgian family dynamics, highlighting the importance of siblings; the pain and friction of conflict; and the delicate politics of marital choices.
- January 31, 2019
Aug 20, 2020 · How the Sharps helped to blunt slave trade. Incensed by the treatment meted out to a slave, a doctor’s brother is the hero of a new book by Hester Grant, writes Peter Gruner. Johan Zoffany’s The Sharp Family: Granville is sitting centre with a two-horn instrument.
Many large families are riven with petty feuds, jealousies and grudges; not the Sharps, whose setbacks came in the form of the tragic deaths of children: few of the original boating party survived into the next century. But this is an account of lives fulfilled and well-lived, narrated with exceptional insight, warmth and humour.
- Ariane Bankes
The Sharp Family is a group portrait painting by the German-British artist Johann Zoffany. [1] Painted between 1779 and 1781, it portrays the English abolitionist and musician Granville Sharp and his extended family. [2] The Sharp family are depicted on their barge on the River Thames, where they routinely staged
Jul 23, 2020 · The enthralling story of an eighteenth-century family and their extraordinary achievements. Four brothers, three sisters. Brought up in a Northumberland rectory and in the close of Durham...
