thomas
hosmer shepherd
Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Grand Manner and the Dawn of British Portraiture Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) stands as a monumental figure in the history of British art, not merely for his prolific output but for fundamentally reshaping the landscape …
A portrait built from thomas hosmer shepherd's own colours
Every 47 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
