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Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849 A Gentleman Seated on a Chippendale Desk Chair in a Paneled Interior
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Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849 A Gentleman Seated on a Chippendale Desk Chair in a Paneled Interior

19th century
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Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849

A Gentleman seated on a Chippendale desk chair in a Panelled interior at his Desk, Studying a Book & holding Spectacles

Signed/Inscribed:

indistintly inscribed on the reverse

oil on canvas

37 x 32 cm. (15 x 13 in.)

Provenance : Christies, 25 July 1975 , lot 40

Stephen Taylor exhibited at the RA, 48 portraits, BI (29), SBA (40) between 1817-1849. He worked as a portrait painter in Southampton, 1808, Winchester 1817-1821 and Oxford 1823-1826, London 1827-1849. He gained a reputation for animal paintings, particularly of birds and dogs. he was related to the artist Henry Taylor.

Physical Dimensions
Height
37cm (14.57")
Width
32cm (12.60")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Artware Fineart has dated this Regency Gentleman Oil Portrait to the 1800s.

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Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849
A Gentleman seated on a Chippendale desk chair in a Panelled interior at his Desk, Studying a Book & holding Spectacles.
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Signed/Inscribed:

indistintly inscribed on the reverse

fig 1. An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting a gentleman seated at a desk inside a dark panelled room.
fig 1. Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849 A Gentleman Seated on a Chippendale Desk Chair in a Paneled Interior

oil on canvas

37 x 32 cm. (15 x 13 in.)

Provenance : Christies, 25 July 1975 , lot 40

Stephen Taylor exhibited at the RA, 48 portraits, BI (29), SBA (40) between 1817-1849. He worked as a portrait painter in Southampton, 1808, Winchester 1817-1821 and Oxford 1823-1826, London 1827-1849. He gained a reputation for animal paintings, particularly of birds and dogs. he was related to the artist Henry Taylor.

Height
37cm (14.57")
Width
32cm (12.60")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Artware Fineart has dated this Regency Gentleman Oil Portrait to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers
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An early nineteenth-century oil painting depicting a gentleman seated at a desk inside a dark panelled room.
Stephen Taylor, Fl. 1808 - 1849 A Gentleman seated on a Chippendale desk chair in a Paneled interior
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