Sir John Watson Gordon Portrait of Sir Francis Ford 2nd Bt

Jan van der Vaart (1647-1727) Portrait of Dorothy, Lady Brownlow (1664-1700) Oil on canvas; held in a period carved wood frame circa 1687 Considered a beauty of the age, Dorothy, Lady Brownlow was painted on a number of occasions by some of the most talented and respected artists of the day; Kneller, Riley, Closterman, Dahl and Wissing, all rendered her features in oil for posterity. The portrait presented here is by Jan van der Vaart who from 1685-1687 was employed by Willem Wissing as a drapery and landscape painter. After Wissing’s death in 1687 he practiced as an independent portraitist much in the style of his master with some influence also of Kneller. This work is in fact the head and shoulders taken from Wissing’s three-quarter length of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House, Lincolnshire and produced as a mezzotint in 1687. Van der Vaart has made some intriguing alterations particularly as the sitter now looks directly at us, appearing rather more provocative and self assured of her beauty. The confident rendering of the dress and pearls and the thickly drawn copious hair are hallmarks of Van der Vaart’s work. It is likely he completed this portrait – shortly after Wissing’s version – as a smaller variant intended for another family member as was often the practice. Dorothy Mason married Sir William Brownlow 4th Bt. in July 1688; she was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop’s Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. She came from, and married into extreme wealth; her dowry upon marriage was £10,000 and on her death her husband inherited the estates that were once her father’s. In June 1697 William Brownlow succeeded his brother to the baronetcy and to most of his landed estates including Belton House. In 1698 he abandoned his Peterborough seat to contest Bishop’s Castle on behalf of his wife and in the interest of his mother-in-law, Lady Anna Mason...

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Jessica Taylor: "Caster and Pollux, the twins who represent the morning and evening stars are here, taking up very different stances; one ready to look, confront and go towards and t...

Jessica Taylor: "There’s a sense of things that have been compressed for a long time suddenly being released. Amidst the resulting flurry of escape, one figure is still." Part of an exhibition of paintings by Jessica Taylor entitled 'Hidden Worlds' to be held between 14 - 20 May 2018 at Timothy Langston...

A very good looking portrait of Sir Edward Longville with good detail to the face and hands.

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Antique portrait titled 'Sir Francis Walsingham'. Old print of Sir Francis Walsingham (c.?1532 – 6 April 1590). He was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". This print originates from Thomas Birch...

SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, P.R.A. (1769-1850) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF THOMAS NETHERTON PARKER (1772-1848) AND HIS WIFE SARAH PARKER (1779-1854) Oil on ...

Framed Oil on Board Painting of a woman by Francis L. Woodahl.  

Portrait of Sir Samuel Wilks By George Harcourt Sephton (1885-1923) Enamel on copper Signed and dated British.