George Clint ARA (Attributed), Portrait Of A Lady In A Brown Dress

George Clint ARA (Attributed), Portrait Of A Lady In A Brown DressThis early 19th century half length portrait attributed to British artist George Clint ARA (1770 1854) depicts a young lady wearing a beautiful brown dress, bonnet decorated with small flowers, gold earrings and coral necklace. Clint was a distinguished painter and mezzotint engraver predominantly known for portraiture and dramatic scenes. Set before an evocative classically inspired backdrop, she looks out from across the centuries with a composed

A French inscription on the reverse is tricky to decipher but appears to explain that Allied prisoners were held here before being marched across the border into Germany where they were presumably taken to German prisoner-of-war camps

So perhaps the artist was a follower or worked within his circle

an old bridge has fallen into disrepair and leans precariously to our right

This peaceful 19th-century landscape painting by British artist Joseph Paulman depicts a river landscape with moored boat

Marcus Salomon Friedländer (1777-1826)

To this day

Our reference: BRV1810

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 17” x 19” / 43cm x 48cmYear of creation: 1852Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Light craquelure

some of his well-known paintings were shown at the Munich Glass Palace

The portrait was acquired in Denmark but it could’ve been imported

he was employed as an art master in Bournemouth on the south coast

1970Provenance: HollandCondition: Very presentable