the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Sir Thomas Lawrence, John Singer Sargent and Augustus John. In the late nineteenth century the rhetoric of the Grand Manner was adopted not only by the nouveaux riches, but by ambitious middle class sitters as well. When especially ostentatious in presentation, typically in full-length works, this has also been referred to as the swagger portrait. See also Grand style, a comparable concept in rhetoric Notes References The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists National Gallery of Art Tate glossary Painting