Pair Of Mid-19th-Century British School Portraits

Pair Of Mid-19th-Century British School PortraitsThis fine pair of mid 19th century companion portraits depict a splendidly attired couple. Hes dressed in a dapper three quarter length coat, waistcoat, shirt and cravat. While she wears an elegant bell shaped dress with her hair centre parted. Both have knowing expressions and a misty depth behind their eyes. The artist has captured a sense of British romanticism and conveyed a bond to brace the centuries. Housed within their original gilt frames and

shrilly cried(Just as I’d said “Be mine

Clearly he means business

It’s painted onto copper and housed within its original boxwood frame

It’s possible that he imagined (or elaborated) the ruins on the cliff but the view was taken from nature

Nicolaï Alexandovitch Okolowicz (1876-1928)

his studio remained closed and he withdrew from exhibitions

It reminds us of the drama and heightened sense of self often found in Gustave Courbet’s (1819-1877) self-portraits

The canvas is formed of thick woven linen as is typical for the 18th century

a young man from Abydos

In the late 18th-century

Little is written about Hooper aside from his exhibition record

This charming late 18th-century oil painting depicts a picturesque English village under a typically cloudy sky