George Morland

At ten, George Morland had chalk drawings tinged with crayon exhibited at the Royal Academy. By twenty-two, he was painting portraits in fashionable Margate—and discovering how quickly success could slip through his hands.

In late-eighteenth-century England, Morland’s nimble brush found its subjects in country life, people and animals. E. D. Cuming presents sixteen examples of his work in colour, alongside the story of an artist whose pictures brought him commissions and a growing reputation, while debts and restless extravagance drove him from place to place. Even as creditors closed in, Morland produced paintings that drew notice at the Royal Academy; his gift seemed to flourish amid the very disorder that threatened to consume him. What can these vivid scenes reveal about the painter behind them?

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