Powdered Wigs

This fine chivalric portrait, dating to around c.1690, shows a young officer sporting a flamboyant powdered wig and silk cravat. Contrasted with these courtly accoutrements is the sh...

Sherman’s photographic self-portrait fills the central cartouche, showing her in the guise of Pompadour in 18th-century costume with wig, white-powdered complexion, prosthetic breast...

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Fencer in Powdered Wig n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches Contact gallery for price.

Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas Listed price includes $150 additional cost for framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.

Depicted in a blue coat with large gold buttons, white cravat, and a fashionable powdered wig which has been tied at the nape of the neck in a queue, it is striking in its recording ...

A striking 19th Century portrait of a man in Georgian style attire. He sports a white powdered wig with brown jacket and a shirt with white lace cuffs and collar.

A charming 20th Century miniature portrait in watercolour with bodycolour, showing an elegant and finely dressed French beauty, with feathers in her powdered wig. The artist has sign...

Clarke aged 66, who is pictured sporting a powdered wig and a silk necktie accompanied by a maroon jacket and sprig of foliage with white flowers.

This oil portrait depicts a figure from the 18th century, characterised by a powdered wig and formal attire against a dark background.

Each figure is well dressed in the fashionable dress of the century, one gentleman wears a powdered wig and the other a tri cornered hat. The study is very well presented in a double...

The subject wears a powdered wig and a silk cravat, both emblematic of his high social standing.

The painting depicts a man dressed in black, wearing a powdered wig and a white band collar, a type commonly seen in the early decades of the 18th century among educated, ecclesiasti...

A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman wearing a white powdered wig. The gentleman in question is as yet unknown but certainly has the look of an aristocrat. oil on canvas, hou...

Entitled Cardinal with Elegant Company, the work is a superb example of Zoffoli's technical virtuosity—from the elaborate gowns, coats and powdered wigs of the guests to the marbled ...

This fine 18th-century British oil painting depicts a sea captain wearing a red velvet three-piece suit, cravat and powdered wig. Throughout the 18th century, Britain grappled for m...

As such, males tended to abandon their fussy lace embellishments, powdered wigs and floral silks. Simple woollen garments in dark colours were now a sign of luxury.

He is seated in a high-back chair with grey powdered wig and fine black robes. Painted by Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert, this impressive posthumous study captures the actor in his lat...

Beautifully rendered, it depicts a charismatic young gentleman wearing a blue coat with large button, a fine embroidered waistcoat, stock, and a lace frill down the front of his shir...

The male figure, rendered in a large powdered wig and crimson suit with a large neck scarf, gazes through a pair of opera glasses to gain an even better look at the fashionably dress...

The sitter is presented here in clothes consistent with a date of circa 1730: a carefully powdered wig, a grey jacket and waist coat, and white stock around his neck.

Among only 36 known oil portraits documenting Franklin's celebrated life, this work captures the statesman during his final diplomatic mission to London, depicting him in his charact...

His noble bearing with solemn face with a slightly rosy complexion strikes in the middle of the curls of his powdered wig. With a white lace tie around his neck, he wears the blue ri...

Figures in period clothing, from powdered wigs to polka-dotted uniforms, gather around in quiet contemplation or celebration, reinforcing the theatrical, almost cinematic quality of ...

Paston writes, ‘In front of a roaring fire sits a stout old cleric in a powdered wig, with a clay pipe in his mouth and a pot of hot toddy on the trivet.

The sitter’s dress includes a brown jacket braided in silver, worn over a pale silver or white silk waistcoat with corresponding socks, along with a bicorne hat and powdered wig. A G...

Soft and kind expression, the vivacity of the look, its calm serenity, grant an intense presence to the model. Wearing a loose wig of curly, powdered hair, this flow of vaporous curl...

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait in a Powdered Wig n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 14 x 11.5 inches Contact gallery for price.

Superb late 18th-early 19th-century portrait study of a young boy holding his favorite book. the piece is very well painted and in great condition for its age. It came from a private...

A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman wearing a white powdered wig. The gentleman in question is as yet unknown but certainly has the look of an aristocrat. oil on canvas, hou...

The nobleman is depicted in a relaxed pose and dressed for home: a luxuriant powdered wig, a loosely unbuttoned silk waistcoat from under which a cravat is visible, and an exquisite ...

His elegant suit is skillfully tailored and accessorised with an obligatory powdered wig and sword. During this period, any self-respecting nobleman would don a wig, styled in the l...

William Bunbury, engraved by James Bretherton College Fun or Quizzing the Proctor Hand coloured engraving 27 x 34 cm c.1790 In this playful scene, a proctor--garnering a powdered ...

This charming late 18th-century French portrait captures a gentleman at the height of fashion - an era when powdered wigs and elaborately dressed hair reached architectural proportio...

The subject wears a red robe over a brown jacket with a white chemise and lace cravat. He wears a powdered wig in the fashionable style of the day and is clearly a gentleman of some ...

Noble carriage, his illuminated face with a slightly rosy complexion appears among the thick curls of his powdered wig. The benevolent and slightly shy expression of his lively eyes ...

Much of the men’s clothing, in particular, reflects eighteenth-century fashion, including the powdered wigs and tricorn hats, while the women’s clothing is often less definable as be...

The men, dressed in their opulent 18th century costumes and powdered wigs are set against an equally grand interior.

Portraited three quarters of the face, up to mid-body, the face of the model with determined features is framed by a high powdered wig, the curls of which fall on the shoulders, her ...

A freshly powdered wig was becoming and striking, but had to be maintained and re-powdered during an evening.

One of the key’s to Downman’s success was his recognition of the importance of representing his sitter’s in the fashionable costume of the day – and that is evidenced here, with the ...

His head is adorned with a loose leonine wig whose powdered chestnut hair cascades in thick curls over his shoulders.

His face illuminated by the lively and clear eyes, marked by authority with a benevolent expression appears in the middle of thick curls of his leonine wig whose powdered brown hair ...

Portrait Of A Gentleman, 18th Century English School Large 18th Century English School portrait of a young Gentleman in a red jacket and powdered wig, oil on canvas. Excellent qua...

So too is the liveliness of the powdered wig, in which great detail is lavished on every lock and curl.

Attributed to Charles Jervas (Ireland 1675-1739 London) Portrait of William Townshend (1702-1738), three- quarter length, standing in a landscape wearing a red velvet coat and a powd...

Portrait of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire (1738-1791), three-quarter length, standing in an interior, wearing a blue silk embroidered waistcoat und...

Some such indicators include the painted oval portrait border, the candle-light palette, the type of powdered wig, ascot and subdued high collared uniform, among others.

Some such indicators include the painted oval portrait border, the candle-light palette, the type of powdered wig, ascot and subdued high collared uniform, among others.

He also shuns a traditional and formal powdered wig to display his exuberant curls which tumble naturalistically around his shoulders This portrait exudes style, class and confidence.

Portrait of an English Gentleman English artist, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 30.5 x 25 inches Provenance: Private collection, England Condition: overall very good an...

A fabulous oil on canvas portrait of a distinguished gentleman in period attire, circa 1790. The historic age of the work is expressed as dark coloration and craquelure texture in th...

Portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich (1754–1801), later Emperor Paul I of Russia After Alexander Roslin (1718–1793) Oil on canvas, oval, late 18th century This is an exceptionally...

A circa 1725 oil on canvas portrait of Louis George Simpert, as Hereditary Prince, the future Margrave of Baden-Baden (Deutsch: Ludwig Georg Simpert, Markgraf von Baden-Baden) portr...

A fine, imposing 18th century portrait of an unknown aristocrat,housed in a gilt frame The artist is also unidentified but certainly a talented hand, in the circle of one of the fin...

18th century Bust portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with gold buttons (Said to be Edmund Hoyle, inventor of Whist) oil on canvas circle of James Latham. Housed in a gilt frame t...

French School, 18th century. Oil on Canvas painting set in an antique giltwood frame. Unsigned. An 18th century portrait painting of a young Philip V or at this time Duke of Anjou....

This intriguing mid 18th-century German oil painting depicts Dr Johann David Wechsler, a respected civic figure. Painted around 1760, when Wechsler was in his early 30s, it presents ...

‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820). This very large and fine 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s eveni...

Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal', English school (mid 19th century) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 36 x 28 inches condition: some minor surface abrasion...

Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.

Portrait of the Lady with a Fan English School, second half 20th century after Diego Velazquez's (1599-1660) original painting oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 28 inche...

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...

The Young Shepherdess by Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926) Oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches unframed (121.92 x 81.28 cm.) 58 ½ x 42 ¾ inches framed (148.59 x 108.585 cm) Signed on botto...

Auguste Serrure 1825 - 1903, was a Flemish born painter. The description of his birthplace is generally described as Belgium, however the Flemish nationality became Belgian in 1830 a...

A fine antique English Impressionist oil on canvas portrait painting of a young lady, circa 1895. A very attractive Impressionist portrait of a Antique Late 19th Century English Oi...

This stunning, large portrait oil painting is attributed to Spanish Old Master Claudio Coello who is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. It has formerly be...

This captivating antique oil painting on canvas is a fine example of Dutch School genre art, evoking the style of the 17th-century master Adriaen van Ostade. The composition features...

Signed oil on canvas figures in riverscape circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Pierre Eugene Montezin. The work depicts bathers in a river on a sunny summer's day...

Oil on Canvas. The noblewoman is richly attired, with an elegant red cape resting on her shoulders, leaving her lace-trimmed dress uncovered; her hairstyle is embellished with pearls...