Artist

J. Wenman

J. Wenman is a Romanticism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

J. Wenman made prints for actors who wanted to look their best onstage and at home. In Mrs Lessingham as Oriana (1777), he caught a smile that’s both proud and playful, like someone you’d meet at a country-house play. Wenman belongs in Gallery Tiles because you can zoom into that print and see every stitch in her sleeve, he made fame feel tangible, one inked line at a time.

Works by J. Wenman

Collections represented

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