“At midnight the moon cometh | And looketh down alone.” It is highly likely that the current painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1876, where it was accompanied…
Artist: Arthur Kampf (1864-1950) Title: “Alfred, 11 Tage Alt” (Alfred, 11 days old) Medium: Oil on Wood Panel Date: 1893 Price: £3000 This poignant study of Alfred, the baby son…
Subject: Tobias led by the Archangel RaphaelArtist: Unknown (Venetian School)Medium: Reed Pen and Bistre, with grey washDate: 16th centuryPrice: £1800 This confident sketch of the archangel Raphael leading Tobias shows…
Subject: Halt of a Hunting Party Artist: Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) Medium: Pen and Brown Ink, with Grey Wash (Framing line in brown ink) Date: c1660 Price: £2000 This…
Artist: UnknownSubject: William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588-1660)Medium: Watercolour on VellumDate: c1650Inscriptions: (engraved “Duke of Somerfet) William Seymour was one of the more complex characters of the period, and…
Charles II (1630-1685) Attributed to Nicholas Dixon (c1645-1708) Watercolour on CardDate: c1670 Enquire This unusual ring mounted with a portrait of King Charles II was likely given in recognition of past loyalties.After…
Artist: Circle of Francois ClouetTitle: Unknown Gentleman (age 28) Medium: Gouache on Vellum (backed with playing card) Date: 1558 This portrait of a young gentleman was likely painted in France by an…
This portrait miniature of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, takes its composition from a portrait in the Buccleuch Collection. That portrait, catalogued as Samuel Cooper, is related to a larger…
Subject: Charles II (1630-1685)Artist: After Samuel Cooper (1609-1672)Medium: Watercolour on VellumDate: c1670Price: £3000 This portrait miniature of Charles II is based on a painting by Samuel Cooper in the Royal…
Subject: James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766)Artist: Studio of Jacques Antoine Arlaud (1668-1746)Medium: Watercolour on CardDate: c1717Price: £1200 The Stuart Papers, in the archives at Windsor castle record a payment of…