Late 18th-Century English School, Portrait Of Henry Haynes

Late 18th-Century English School, Portrait Of Henry HaynesThis charming late 18th century English school oil painting depicts Henry Haynes (1745 1801) attired in a rather fetching navy blue coat, yellow waistcoat, and white cravat. Hes holding a missive. Born and raised at the historic Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire, Haynes was a landowner and man of means. Little is known of his heritage, but various press reports refer to auction sales comprising considerable parcels of land in his name. According to his

Medium: Watercolour on paperOverall size: 18½” x 15” / 47cm x 39cmYear of creation: c

Moored alongside two rustic dwellings

It’s a typically animated scene by Janssen - a painter of movement and jovial family moments

One can imagine that he was quite proud of her

The portrait is signed and dated in the lower right

Many of his contemporaries had trained in Paris and returned galvanised by the avant-garde

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 33½” x 41½” / 85cm x 105cmYear of creation: c

William Gibbons (1841-1886) depicts the Rothesay wrecked on the Great Mewstone

Sitting awhile to chat while admiring the vista

black cravat and waistcoat

the ever-pressing effects of time itself

If it’s an original