Sellingantiques.co.uk Logo
 5,272 visitors today 27 antiques approved today
ANTIQUE #SA1111290

Rolinda Sharples 1794 - 1838 a Domestic Interior With A Gentleman's Shaving Ritual Interupted By His Wife label On Reverse Inscribed "Mrs Rolinda Sharples / 2 Lower Harley Close/ Clifton" oil On Canvas 30 X 25in. (76 X 63.5cm.)

£1,500    $1,875    €1,798
Rolinda Sharples 1794 - 1838
 
A Domestic Interior with a Gentleman''s shaving ritual Interupted by his Wife
 
Label on reverse inscribed ''Mrs Rolinda Sharples / 2 Lower Harley Close/ Clifton''
 
oil on canvas
 
30 x 25in. (76 x 63.5cm.)
 
Label on reverse inscribed ''Mrs Rolinda Sharples / 2 Lower Harley Close/ Clifton''
 
Notes
 
The Sharples family were, like the Peales, a multi-generational family of artists. Rolinda was the daughter of James and Ellen, both artists. She was born either in New York in 1794 or in Bristol or Bath in 1793; at any rate, the family moved to New York in 1794, where the family business prospered, and then after James died, the family moved back to Bristol in 1811. Rolinda and her brothers George, Felix, and James, Jr. became artists, and successful ones too. Rolinda trained with her mother, seen in this self-portrait and went on to exhibit in major cities, including at the Royal Academy in London. She was an English painter who specialized in portraits and genre paintings in oil. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, and at the Society of British Artists, where she became an honorary member. She was only an infant when her parents moved to America in 1794. In 1803, Rolinda’s mother, a miniature portrait painter, began to encourage her daughter to take an interest in the profession. She taught Rolinda drawing, paying her small sums of money to encourage her. By the time Rolinda was 13 years old, the teenager had joined the family business, which consisted of creating small scale pastel portraits of famous people and copying them and selling them for a profit. Along with her two brothers and mother, she began copying miniature portraits from her father’s original paintings. After her father’s death in New York in 1811, Rolinda returned to Bristol with her mother and brother. She branched out from painting small portraits, earning her living painting portraits in oil, and more ambitious genre and contemporary history paintings tha...
Antique #SA1111290, shown on this page, originates from the 19th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
19th Century
Famous inventions historic timeline graphic to help to give historical context to the date of this antique.
CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
Artware Fineart
London
United Kingdom
TELEPHONE SELLER
07958 699 645
EMAIL SELLER
EXTRA RESOURCES
HISTORIC TIMELINE OPTIONS

Categories of Interest