{"id":412760,"date":"2023-11-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=412760"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:56:59","slug":"richard-morton-paye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/richard-morton-paye\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor Abounds in This Masterful 1788 Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/paintings\/figurative-paintings\/richard-morton-paye-st-james-day-very-large-18th-century-royal-academy-oil-painting-london\/id-a_8079642\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-950x810.jpg\" alt=\"St. James' Day, 1788, by Richard Morton Paye\" class=\"wp-image-413240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-950x810.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-411x350.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-120x102.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-1095x933.jpg 1095w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Morton Paye exhibited his oil on canvas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/paintings\/figurative-paintings\/richard-morton-paye-st-james-day-very-large-18th-century-royal-academy-oil-painting-london\/id-a_8079642\/\"><em>St. James\u2019 Day<\/em><\/a> at London\u2019s Royal Academy of Arts  in 1788, the year it was painted.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A masterpiece by a talented artist from a storied period of art history is the type of thing most dealers pray for. That prayer was answered for Gavin Claxton, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/academy-fine-paintings\/\">Academy Fine Paintings<\/a> in London. He found the oil on canvas <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/paintings\/figurative-paintings\/richard-morton-paye-st-james-day-very-large-18th-century-royal-academy-oil-painting-london\/id-a_8079642\/\">St. James\u2019 Day<\/a>,<\/em> 1788, by English painter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/richard-morton-paye\/\">Richard Morton Paye<\/a> in the stash of a Scottish collector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe scene is St. James\u2019 Day \u2014 always celebrated in the summertime,\u201d Claxton says. \u201cIt\u2019s now a lost festival in Britain, but it was a big deal in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/georgian\/\">Georgian<\/a> era, and it coincided with the first day of oyster season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/period\/18th-century-and-earlier\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-649x950.jpg\" alt=\"A detail of St. James' Day, 1788, by Richard Morton Paye\" class=\"wp-image-413243\" style=\"width:675px;height:undefinedpx\" width=\"675px\" height=\"undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-649x950.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-239x350.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-82x120.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-768x1124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-1049x1536.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail-637x933.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-pickpocket-detail.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A detail of the work shows the painter himself looking out at the viewer as his pocket is picked.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Indeed, locals are shown surrounding an oysterman in this crowded, riotous London street scene full of all sorts of picaresque humor. One man retches, a dog steals a plucked chicken from a basket, and a fancy fellow has his wig pulled off. The painter himself, a contemporary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/thomas-gainsborough\/\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/joshua-reynolds\/\">Joshua Reynolds<\/a> who was well known in his day but has been largely forgotten, is seen at the far left having his pocket picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the image is more than just fun. \u201cHe painted the highest and lowest of Georgian society all together at the same time, and no other event would have allowed for that,\u201d says Claxton.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/wall-decorations\/paintings\/period\/18th-century\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-805x950.jpg\" alt=\"A detail of St. James' Day, 1788, by Richard Morton Paye\" class=\"wp-image-413246\" style=\"width:675px;height:undefinedpx\" width=\"675px\" height=\"undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-805x950.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-296x350.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-102x120.jpg 102w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-1301x1536.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail-790x933.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Academy-Fine-Paintings-Richard-Morton-Paye-St.-James-Day-Very-Large-18th-Century-Royal-Academy-Oil-Painting-of-London-1788-dog-detail.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In another corner of the canvas, a scruffy dog attempts to make off with a chicken. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For years, the work was thought to be by another painter. But in the process of conserving and cleaning it, Claxton was able to provide its proper attribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restoring the painting \u2014 which was exhibited at the Royal Academy the year it was created, nearly two and a half centuries ago \u2014 revealed other points of delight. The grandee being de-wigged has the face of a famous collector of the day, and the dog\u2019s collar bears the label CRITICK. Biting the hand that feeds, indeed. 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