Jane Lane, Lady Fisher (1626-1689)
Artist: Anglo-Flemish School Subject (Traditionally Identified): Jane Lane, Lady Fisher (1626-1689) Medium: Oil on Wood Panel Date: 17th Century Size: 135 x 102mm
Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington (1769-1852 )
Artist: Workshop of Joseph Nollekens R.A. (1737-1823) Subject: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( ) Medium: Carved Carrara Marble Date: c1813 In 1809, Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of…
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Artist: Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1841)Subject: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822)Material: Carrara MarbleDate: c1822 On the 12th August 1822, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh committed suicide by severing the carotid artery…
King Charles II – Loyalty Ring (c1670)
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…
Unknown Gentleman – Circle of Francois Clouet (1558)
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…
George Sidney Shepherd (1784–1862)
This view of the old medieval bridge at Rochester was likely painted by George Sidney Sheperd, just a few years after it was renovated in 1824. Gas streetlights line the…
William Macduff ARSA (1824-1881)
Watercolour (and Gouache) on Card This intelligent and closely-painted view of Windsor Castle was painted by the Scottish artist William Macduff in 1863. The castle is seen in the early…
Keith Henderson (1883-1982 )
Charcoal on Paper This unusual study of an exploding shell would have been made on the spot, when the artist was with the XV Corps in 1917. A similarly spontaneous…
CH. Ladiesfield Topaz
Artist: Jacqueline Des Clayes Subject: CH. Ladiesfield Topaz Medium: Gouache (and chalk) on Card Date: 1963 This exceptional gouache study of the champion whippet “Ladiesfield Topaz” was drawn in 1963,…
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588-1660)
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…
Sir Henry Vane – English School (c1680)
Subject: Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1613-1662)Medium: Watercolour on Thick IvoryArtist: Unknown (After Samuel Cooper)Date: c1680 This portrait miniature of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, takes its composition from a…
John A. Drexel – Mariette Leslie Cotton (1866-1947)
Mariette Leslie Cotton (1866-1947) was a portrait painter, whose talent and status encouraged commissions from affluent circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Her similarities to John Singer Sargeant are…