Early 19th Century English Oil on Canvas Painting of Regency Twin Sisters

Large early 19th Century American folk portrait in the manner of the Beardsley Limner, depicting a mother and son.  The Beardsley Limner was an itinerant artist who worked along the...

A good pair of 18th Century French oval pastel portraits, depicting a girl with a kitten and a boy holding a folio. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805).

A superb mid-19th Century English oil on canvas family portrait of three children.  Finely painted and on a grand scale. Set in to a beautiful carved gilt frame. In very good condit...

Pair of early 19th Century Continental painted fabric panels. With some old water damage but retaining a superb overall look. Circa 1820.

Early 19th Century Portrait of the Marsh Family Twins, by Thomas Arrowsmith (English: 1772 - 1834), circa 1830, an oil on canvas group portrait of the celebrated five children of the Marsh family of Boston. The two pair of twin girls and their younger brother became well known on both sides of the Atlantic in their day, because sets of twins were pretty rare, and these children were so ridiculously cute. Apparently the greatest artists of their day were all clamoring to paint their portraits. The Magazine Antiques ran an article on the children and their popularity about 20 years ago. The short hair cuts sported by the girls are quite striking, and are actually not as odd and rare as many people assume. While longer hair enhanced with ringlets and other curls were very much the popular fashion, a good number of parents did boldly break away with these daring short bobs. Perhaps they were the "bohemians" of their day. The style grew in popularity, even among adults, following the French Revolution: dubbed "Guillotine Haircuts" they declared sympathy for the deposed royals. In this particular instance, I believe the short hair was chosen because it focused more attention on the beautiful faces, and lessened the variations in height and hair color to make them all look even more alike. A delightful painting, slightly Romantic School, a touch Folk Art, in excellent condition and signed on the reverse. Thomas Arrowsmith was a highly regarded artist who worked almost entirely in miniature. Such artists who created such amazingly detailed tiny portraits on ivory...

Pair of 18th Century English School Portraits of Children, by a follower of Francis Alleyne, framed in an ornate, oval-shaped gold and dark-coloured frames. One portrait of a young ...

Oil painting on canvas with a motif of two children from around the 1860s Dimensions in cm: H:72 W:84 This product will be inspected thoroughly at our professional workshop by ou...

A wonderful antique 19th century Victorian oil painting of two ladies. It is typical of the “English school” commercial work, and is unsigned. It is beautifully executed, it depicts...