Michael Dahl (Circle), Portrait Of Thomas Stanley

Michael Dahl (Circle), Portrait Of Thomas StanleyThis early 18th century English School portrait depicts Thomas Stanley wearing a striking red velvet suit, white cravat and powdered periwig. Fashionable, yet elegantly refined. On the reverse, a partially legible label refers to the Wrightington Estate, where the portrait was hung. In the top left, an inscription refers to Meliora Gomeldon, who became Thomas wife in 1710, having been married previously to James Poole. Its interesting that during her

It’s always exciting when you have the name of a sitter depicted in a portrait as it enables you to delve into the ancestry records in search of information

a weary farmer leans upon a five-bar gate while his cow takes water alongside a diligent farmhand

who he also painted on other occasions

A later note says he was ‘cast’ in 1785

Its power lies in its understatement

Frame a little fragile with some age-related wear including cracking

This late 19th-century oil painting by versatile German artist Moritz Eduard Lotze (1809-90) depicts a moorland view with shimmering pond

652 achieved for ‘Uitgaanspubliek in een café’ at an auction in 2012

such as flora

who was then cured of leprosy and arthritis

The painting is held within a period gilt frame

Aside from their rowing ability