Early 19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Regency Gentleman

Early 19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Regency GentlemanThis early 19th century British oil painting depicts a sturdy country gentleman wearing a black coat, white shirt with an upstanding collar, and a white cravat. Hes dressed according to the rather dapper fashions of the Regency period when men embraced their romantic sensibilities. Gone were the constraints of neo classicism, gentlemen carried themselves with charisma and verve. It was a time of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord

Cels trained under Joseph-Benoît Suvée

So it’s remarkably difficult to determine her true identity

How far did he venture up on this cold and tempestuous day

Labour to invent on their general principles and way of thinking

Paint with plenty of texture

Originally

The painting is signed Th

With the demand for landscapes ever-increasing

those little hunting lodges in the woods

which could explain why his education was funded by the Stanley family

dated and held in a gilt frame

and imposing architecture