To mark Father's Day, here are some images of 18th century dads. (Not surprisingly I didn't find many portraits of fathers with their child/children in the same manner that you would see 18th century mothers sitting with their young children.) James Paine the Elder; James Paine the Younger by James Watson, sold by Ryland and Bryer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1764 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG D19791 The Shudi Family Group by Marcus Tuscher, c.1742 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG 5776 Jonathan Tyers and his family by Francis Hayman, 1740 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG5588 Christopher Anstey with his daughter by William Hoare, c.1776-1778 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG 3084 The Cheney Family c.1795 National Gallery of Art US Accession Number 1958.9.9 The Sharp Family by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1779-1781 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG L169 Arthur Beardmore by James Watson, after Robert Edge Pine, published 1765 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG D23550 The Fourdrinier Family attributed to John Downman, c.1786 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG 6091 The Edgeworth Family by Adam Buck, 1787 National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG L236 King Charles I; Henrietta Maria; King Charles II; Mary, Princess of Orange by Bernard Baron, published by John Boydell, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1741 (1632) National Portrait Gallery UK Accession Number NPG D32111
