19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Scholar

19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A ScholarThis charming mid 19th century English oil painting depicts a young man wearing a dark frock coat with a white shirt and stock. A young scholar, astute and ebullient, rather proudly carries a cap. Its a portrait almost certainly intended for display in the family home. The artist, although unknown, has rendered the details precisely and with sensitivity. Note the pushed over fringe, deliberately windswept to emphasise outdoor pursuits. Held in a gilt

This late-19th-century etching by German draughtsman Albert Kruger (b

Quickly added to capture a feeling

numerous creatives had descended on the quaint town to seek inspiration and observe the effects of light

James Patriot Wilson Jr from 1833

a large oval track is peppered with onlookers

Henrik Joesten Bleeker (1869-1930)

she looks out towards the viewer with almost 200 years of history

she spent seven decades in her home town before moving to picturesque Shaftesbury in Dorset

The portrait was completed in around 1845

guide the eye along placid water

Two further figures walk through fields

in the summer of 1955