Irish, c. 1830Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820, 1830
$2,527
Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Margaret Cross, (portrait of a lady artist, seated in Regency style, holding an artists sketchbook). Irish School, early 19th century (circa 1820–1835) Oil on panel, oval, in a gilt frame panel: 10 x 8 inches framed: 13 x 11 inches This finely observed Irish Regency portrait depicts Margaret Cross, a woman of notable Anglo-Irish lineage and quiet artistic presence. Rendered in an elegant oval format, the sitter is shown half-length against a dark, restrained ground, her pale muslin dress and composed expression emerging with striking clarity and refinement. Margaret Cross was the daughter of Alexander Cross, Esquire, of Portnelligan, County Armagh, and descended through her mother from the Cote family of Bellamont Forest, County Monaghan, one of Ireland’s established landed families. She later became the wife of Thomas J. Fawcett, Esquire, a barrister-at-law, and the mother of Major William Cross...
1830s English School Paint Paintings
Oil
