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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This exquisite Tetsusabiji Uchidashi Gomai Dou Gusoku (Five-Plate Russet Iron Embossed Cuirass Armor), crafted in the 18th century, exemplifies the pinnacle of Edo-period samurai arm...

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...

Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) plus gilt swept f...

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...

French School 19th century Close to François Xavier FABRE (1766-1837) The Princess and The Chaperone Oil on canvas One can read on the reverse "Fabre Fecit" and the name and address ...

Alberto Carlieri (Rome 1672-1720) "Architectural capriccio with the preaching of Saint Paul in the Areopagus of Athens" Oil on canvas, measures with frame W 172 x H 127 x D 10,5 (o...

A beautiful large early 19th century Georgian oil on canvas portrait of a young lady wrapped in silk. Excellent quality portrait which is indistinctly inscribed on the reverse with ...

A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...

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...

This enchanting 18th-century French fête galante captures the elegance and joy of aristocratic leisure, set amidst a lush garden adorned with flowers. A scene of refined celebration,...

(NOTE: WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A REPAIR MADE TO THIS PAINTING.) A large, life-sized, oil-on-canvas portrait of two lovely women perusing a newspaper called the "Journal Amusante." S...

Signed and dated indistinctly, lower left, and painted circa 1850. Framed dimensions: 39 W x 4 D x 34.5 W inches Displayed in a fine and substantial, late 19th Century, carved giltwo...