English Naive Family Group, Circa 1790

Name: English Naive Family Group, Circa 1790
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA564466
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Luke Honey Ltd

Description

A Charming English Naive Family Group Portrait, circa 1790

watercolour and pencil on paper, period ‘ebonised’ reeded frame (with later Victorian twisted gilt-wood slip), period glass.

Image: 30cm x 42cm, frame: 37.5cm x 49.5cm.

Stock Reference: LH 1040

Note: Charming family group from the last years of the eighteenth century. The boys (and father) on the right are holding various things representative or symbolic of their trades. So from right to left: Father (walking stick), coachmen (whip or crop), glovier (pair of gloves), gunsmith or gamekeeper (shotgun), tailor (shears), scholar (paper). The girls (and wife) on the left are holding flowers, presumably symbolic; the girl third from the left is holding a drooping flower.

Physical Dimensions

Height

37cm (14.57")

Width

49cm (19.29")

Depth

3cm (1.18")

Declaration

Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA564466

Dealers Internal Reference

LH 1040

Description

A Charming English Naive Family Group Portrait, circa 1790

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watercolour and pencil on paper, period ‘ebonised’ reeded frame (with later Victorian twisted gilt-wood slip), period glass.

Luke Honey Ltd

Image: 30cm x 42cm, frame: 37.5cm x 49.5cm.

fig 1. English Naive Family Group, circa 1790 — fig 1. English Naive Family Group, Circa 1790

Stock Reference: LH 1040

Note: Charming family group from the last years of the eighteenth century. The boys (and father) on the right are holding various things representative or symbolic of their trades. So from right to left: Father (walking stick), coachmen (whip or crop), glovier (pair of gloves), gunsmith or gamekeeper (shotgun), tailor (shears), scholar (paper). The girls (and wife) on the left are holding flowers, presumably symbolic; the girl third from the left is holding a drooping flower.