Thomas Heathfield Carrick

Thomas Heathfield Carrick, Miniature portrait of a young gentleman

A very delicately painted portrait miniature on marble of a distinguished looking gentleman. Superb detail and colour - a very striking piece and a rare example of a work by this first rate artist whose work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Thomas Heathfield Carrick ( 1802-1875) Portrait of a gentleman Watercolour on marble panel 5½ x 4½ inches 9¾ x 9 inches including the frame In 1845, Thomas Carrick received a medal from the Prince Consort for inventing the method of painting on...

This exceptional quality watercolour depicts a snapshot of innocence and childhood with this delightful portrait of a red-haired young girl. Presented in a fine quality, hand carved and pierced, period frame with inlaid detail. Circle of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) Portrait of a red-haired young girl Watercolour with touches of white 4 inches diamter (image only) 11 x 11 inches with frame This beautiful image is of exceptional quality, as apparent in the delicate detailing to her eyelashes and the sunlit highlights of her hair. This is the work of an artist at the very peak of their powers and the intimacy of the work suggests a connection between artist and sitter such as daughter and parent. The level of draughtsmanship brings to mind artists from this period such as Myles Birket Foster, Fred Morgan and Helen...

A charming silhouette of a group of children ambling along. So much character is expressed through the minimal monochrome depiction. English or American School, 19th Century A silhouette...

A really charming, early 19th century portrait of a young maiden carrying a basket of flowers. The face is beautifully painted with a slight blush to her cheeks and striking touches ...

A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...

An enchanting scene of maidens conversing under the shade of an oak tree with lovely detailing and good strong colour. John Edmund Buckley ( 1824-1876) Maidens under an oak tree Sig...

Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, circa 1810 circle of George CHINNERY (1774-1852) Large early 19th Century portrait of a young gentleman, oil on can...

‘Le Femme en Noir’ by Eugène Accard (1824-1888). This fine 19th century French full-length portrait of a young Parisienne beauty is signed by the arti...

Frank Samuel Eastman (1878-1964) Self Portrait Oil on canvas Canvas - 34 1/2 x 26 1/2 in Framed - 40 x 32 in Provenance: by descent from the artist Frank Eastman, portrait and land...

Portrait Of Thomas Smythe (1514-1577), 16th Century School of Hans HOLBEIN (1497-1543) Fine huge 16th Century English Old Master portrait of Sir Tho...

A finely detailed portrait of a gentleman or architect with building plans or maps in his hand. Oil on canvas, inscribed on verso stretcher "G. Hedley Artist 1852 April," (possibly ...

Stately portrait circa 1900 of a woman in dark clothing with a green collar which is a copy of a similar portrait by Frank Duveneck 1875-1879. The woma...

An original oil painting on canvas by an unknown artist (after Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish, 1756-1823) titled "Portrait of Margaritta MacDonald in red jacket and white gown (half-len...

Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788) Portrait of Henry Pye, standing full-length before a landscape Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 36 x 28 in (91.4 x 71.1 cm) Provenance The sitter and thence by descent until; Sale, Christie's, London, 26 March 1976, lot 61 (bt. Agnews); with Agnews, London; where purchased by the present owner Exhibited On loan to Southampton Art Gallery (loan no. L96) Benjamin Wilson was born at Boar Lane, Mill Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, the fourteenth and youngest child of Major Wilson, a wealthy clothier, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Yates. He was baptised at St Peter's Church, Leeds, on 20 July 1721 and educated briefly at Leeds grammar school, but after a disagreement between his father and the headmaster he was removed to a smaller school in the neighbourhood. He developed an early interest in painting when his father employed the French artist Jacques Parmentier to decorate his Leeds mansion, and he subsequently received instruction from another French artist, named Longueville, while the latter was engaged in executing historical paintings for Thomas Lister of Gisburn Park in Craven, Lancashire. Subsequently his father's reduced circumstances obliged the young Benjamin to seek a livelihood in London, where a relative provided him with a new suit of clothes and 2 guineas for food. He lived frugally for a year and then gained employment as a clerk in the registry of the prerogative court in Doctors' Commons, where he saved two-thirds of his salary of 3 half-crowns a week. When he had amassed £50 he obtained a more lucrative post as clerk to the registrar of the Charterhouse, which enabled him to resume his artistic studies under the guidance of the master of the Charterhouse, Samuel Berdmore, and the painter Thomas Hudson. He became acquainted with William Hogarth, George Lambert, and other leading painters. In August 1746 he visited Dublin, returning to Ireland in the spring of 1748 to paint some portraits for which he had received commissions. He remained there until 1750, when he acquired Sir Godfrey Kneller's former residence in Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to which he later added the adjoining house, formerly the residence of the physician John Radcliffe. Among his first sitters there were Martin Folkes, Lord Orrery, Lord Chesterfield, David Garrick, Samuel Foote, and John Hadley, the physician. His reputation as a portrait painter soon earned him an income of £1500 a year, and about 1756 or 1757 he declined a partnership with Hogarth.

Wilson's most celebrated portraits include those of the physician and antiquary James Parsons (National Portrait Gallery, London), the poet Thomas Gray (Pembroke College, Cambridge), Lord Lyttelton, Lord Mexbrough, Sir Francis Delaval, Lord Scarbrough, Lord Clive, the marquess of Rockingham, and Sir George Savile...

Circle of Jacques-Louis David (French, 18th Century) Provenance: Private Collection, Buenos Aires Exhibited: “Art of Collecting,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 23 November 2018 – 6 January 2019. This vibrant portrait of young man was traditionally considered a work by Jacques-Louis David, whose style it recalls, but to whom it cannot be convincingly attributed. Rather, it would appear to be by a painter in his immediate following—an artist likely working in France in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Several names have been proposed as the portrait’s author: François Gérard, Louis Hersent, Anne-Louis Girodet (Fig. 1), Theodore Gericault, and Jean-Baptiste Wicar, among others. Some have thought the artist Italian, and have proposed Andrea Appiani, Gaspare Landi...

Philip Mercier (1689-1760) Portrait of Thomas Samwell of Upton Signed Ph Mercier pinxit, Ano 1738 lower right Oil on canvas Canvas size 30 x 25 in (76.2 x 63.5 cm) Framed size 37 x 32 1/2 in Provenance The Collection of Lord Hazlerigg; Sale, Sotheby's, The Contents of Noseley Hall, 28th & 29th September 1998, Lot 62; where purchased by the present owner. Literature Walpole Society, Vol 46, 1976/8 - J.Ingamells and R.Raines: A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier, No. 84 Philip Mercier was born in Berlin, the son of a Huguenot tapestry worker of French extraction who worked for the Elector of Brandenburg (later, 1701, King Frederick of Prussia). Little is documented about his early life, but Vertue tells us that he studied under the French portraitist Antoine Pesne...

Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...

Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...

Original watercolor on paper of a portrait of a farmer by WPA era artist Watson Bidwell (1904-1964) from 1940. Signed and dated by the artist verso....

Signed with the artist's initials lower right From the Series: Stolen Moments Signed with the artist's "Yummy" blindstamp lower right Note: Darius Steward is establishing himself...

Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...

Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Womenswear. There, he tutored many contemporary greats, including John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, Wes Gordon, Zac Posen and Hussein Chalayan. Examples of Tangye’s portraits are held in many important collections, both public and private, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Harvard University and London’s National Portrait Gallery. Throughout his teaching career Tangye quietly developed a particularly idiosyncratic art practice. By employing a decisive line with bold applications of richly layered materials, Tangye explores the nuances of the human form in an effort to expose his subjects’ true essence and energy. — Howard Tangye Lee Roach (Sitting), 2011 Mixed media on grey parchment...