Early 18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Child With A Rose

Early 18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Child With A RoseThis splendid early 18th century English School oil painting depicts a child wearing a beautiful blue gown and red shawl. She holds a rose in her right hand and stands before a window. During the early to mid 18th century, children were dressed as miniature adults and from the age of three, girls usually wore corseted bodices for formal occasions. A portrait sitting for ones child enabled a family to demonstrate its wealth and, as we see here, no

This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Michael Therkildsen (1850-1925) depicts a rural landscape with a standing bull

Cats are close to his heart and his works are always in high demand

needed to be seen as hard-working

It was partially destroyed by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War and

1910Condition: Overall very presentable

Signed T Jones

Artist’s auction highlight: £18

Henry Fuseli RA (1741-1825) was his teacher during this period whereby his primary task was to study the works of antiquity

1872) depicts a young lady singing while another plays the piano

and transient weather effects

and National Gallery of Art

he debuted at the Royal Academy in London