Family Portrait Of Mrs Spencer & Children, 18th Century

Portrait of Mary Anne Ward (1725-1754) In Riding Attire, 18th Century School of Henry Pickering (1720-1770) Large 18th English portrait of Mary Anne Ward ...

Portrait Of Lady Caroline Howard, 18th Century after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Large 18th Century English portrait of Lady Caroline Howard, oil on canvas. Excellent quality a...

Portrait Of Elizabeth Plumer (nee Byde) & Daughter, circa 1735 by ENOCH SEEMAN (1694-1744) Large 1735 portrait of Elizabeth Plumer & her daughter holding a rattle, oil on canvas by...

Portrait Of Lady Manners, 18th Century attributed to THOMAS HUDSON (1701-1779) Large 18th Century English portrait of Lady Manners, oil on canvas attributed to Thomas Hudson. Excellent quality and condition circa mid 18th Century portrait of the young lady wearing a lace Bonney with a pink bowtie...

The painting depicts James (Jacques) Dalbiac, his wife Louise (ne de la Porte) and their five children, James, Charles, Louise, Marianne and Martha in the ornamental gardens of a grand country estate. The extensive gardens extend into the distance with gardeners working in the background and figures strolling through the avenues of trees. A peacock and peahen can be seen on the wall to the left and a potted orange tree to the right. Louise Dalbiac holds an orange taken from the orange tree, aluding to the family's faith and their loyalty to the protestant King William of Orange and their adopted country. The Dalbiacs were wealthy London silk and velvet merchants of French Huguenot origin who had fled France at the end of the 17th century to escape persecution for their protestant faith. England offered safe refuge and their skills and industriousness allowed them to establish one of the most successful businesses in London's Spitalfields which became a new centre of the silk trade, effectively leading to the collapse of the once dominant French silk industry. Both sons, James and Charles followed their father and Uncle into the family business, successfully growing the family's fortune and each going on to own their own country estates. A conversation piece is a genre of painting used to describe group portraits of families and friends, often depicted with their servants and family pets and set within an elegantly furnished interior or the garden of a grand country house. They were a celebration of the intimacy of family relations as well as a sign of status, property and the power of succession. The informality of conversation pieces grew popular in 18th century England, allowing the sitters to present themselves in a more relaxed pose, perhaps engaged in intellectual conversation or showing their talents or interests. In this present portrait, the Dalbiacs are shown richly dressed and and at leisure in a grand country house setting, conveying their success and cultural and social aspirations. Charles Philips (c.1703–1747) was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century. He was the son of portrait painter Richard Philips...

Scandinavian Family Portrait Artist 18th century 18th Century Scandinavian School Signature: Not signed Medium: Miniature Dimensions: Image size ...

The Family Portrait British School, 20th century (painted in an earlier style) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overa...

This painting is unsigned but evidence shows that it is from a European school. It shows a mother with a child on her lap as well as a forest background. Likely wealthier patrons due...