Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Study Of A Gentleman

Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Study Of A GentlemanThis splendid early 19th century English school portrait study depicts a gentleman wearing a brown coat, cream waistcoat, white shirt, and cravat. Hes dressed according to the rather dapper fashions of the 1820s when men embraced their romantic sensibilities. Gone were the constraints of neo classicism, gentlemen carried themselves with charisma and verve. It was the time of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord Byron. The Industrial

This wonderful piece was commissioned in around 1620 probably by a couple seeking to create copies of their own family portraits

While an overhanging canopy provides shade for the shepherds and remaining animals

The painting is housed within a period frame and inscribed on the reverse

shaded by passing clouds

It’s unclear whether he produced a finished version of this piece but the horse and rider bear some resemblance to those in ‘Duty’ from 1880

with huntsmen beyond’

A few areas with light soiling

which was fitted at the waist and flared out into a skirt

If you discover who he is

British uniforms

and The Sporting Magazine

leaning over the ropes