Mid-18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Posy

Mid-18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Girl With A PosyThis exceedingly charming mid 18th century English oil painting depicts a girl wearing a red gown with a train over a white petticoat. Shes holding a posy or nosegay. Evidently once commissioned for an English country house, the identity of this young lady remains a mystery. Her gown appears to be inspired by the popular robe la franaise but with modifications due to her age. These remained fashionable until around 1770 when replaced by the robe

There’s also a great deal of cross over

feels Turner-esque as it slopes to the left

While in this dexterous piece from around 1870

Dorking Museum and Glasgow Museum

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the less-admired Laughing Stock is even more adorable for all the criticism

which is unsurprising given that his household would’ve been abundant with grandkids

The painting is held within a gilded period frame and monogrammed/dated in the lower right

This is one of those occasions

This charming late 19th-century oil painting by English artist Harry William Adams (1868-1947) depicts a wooded landscape with a distant view

the earth is raised

our own portrait of this prelate