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Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815 Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and Her Son Nathaniel Sated by a Table
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Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815 Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and Her Son Nathaniel Sated by a Table

18th century
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Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815

Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and her son Nathaniel sated by a table

Signed/Inscribed:

inscribed on a label attached to the reverse " Mrs Anne Clifton (nee Hine of Watlington Oxfordshire / born 1753, Married Dr Nathaniel Clifton 1778, died 28th Jan 1820, buried St Mary's Islington. / On her knee is her son born 19th Feb 1786/ she had 9 children

oil on canvas

44 x 53 cm.

Provenance

Hilary Stafford Northcote, Bishton Hall, Wolseley Bridge, Staffordshire,

Artist Biography

Francis Alleyne was an itinerant portrait painter visiting country houses around England. He specialised in small, oval three-quarter lengths and occasionally exhibited between 1774 and 1790. His working methods seem to have paid off as many of his portraits can still be found in family collections, with his distinctive style enabling swift identification of others.

Examples of Alleyne's work can be found in the collections of the National Trust in the U.K and Yale Center for British Art, U.S.A as well as numerous private collections. Francis Alleyne' was born or died on the dates associated with him. It seems he's a bit of a mystery. According to the National Gallery in London, Alleyne was active from 1774-1790 only.

Physical Dimensions
Height
44cm (17.32")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Artware Fineart has dated this Georgian Oil Portrait Painting to the 18th Century.

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SA713043
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Description
Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815

Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and her son Nathaniel sated by a table

Signed/Inscribed:

“
inscribed on a label attached to the reverse " Mrs Anne Clifton (nee Hine of Watlington Oxfordshire / born 1753, Married Dr Nathaniel Clifton 1778, died 28th Jan 1820, buried St Mary's Islington.
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/ On her knee is her son born 19th Feb 1786/ she had 9 children

fig 1. An 18th-century oil painting depicting a mother in a pink dress and high bonnet seated with her young child beside a table and multi-pane window.
fig 1. Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815 Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and Her Son Nathaniel Sated by a Table

oil on canvas

44 x 53 cm.

Provenance

Hilary Stafford Northcote, Bishton Hall, Wolseley Bridge, Staffordshire,

Artist Biography

Francis Alleyne was an itinerant portrait painter visiting country houses around England. He specialised in small, oval three-quarter lengths and occasionally exhibited between 1774 and 1790. His working methods seem to have paid off as many of his portraits can still be found in family collections, with his distinctive style enabling swift identification of others.

fig 2. An 18th-century oil painting depicting a mother in a pink dress and high bonnet seated with her young child beside a table and multi-pane window.
fig 2. Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815 Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and Her Son Nathaniel Sated by a Table

Examples of Alleyne's work can be found in the collections of the National Trust in the U.K and Yale Center for British Art, U.S.A as well as numerous private collections. Francis Alleyne' was born or died on the dates associated with him. It seems he's a bit of a mystery. According to the National Gallery in London, Alleyne was active from 1774-1790 only.

Height
44cm (17.32")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Artware Fineart has dated this Georgian Oil Portrait Painting to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA713043
Dealers Internal Ref
4162
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Francis Alleyne, 1750 - 1815 Portrait of Mrs Ann Clifton (1753-1820) and Her Son Nathaniel Sated by a Table

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An 18th-century oil painting depicting a mother in a pink dress and high bonnet seated with her young child beside a table and multi-pane window.
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Georgian portraiture frequently depicts sitters in intimate domestic settings or subtle landscapes, emphasizing naturalistic lighting, soft brushwork, and detailed contemporary costuming.

Artists during this era typically painted using hand-ground mineral and earth pigments bound in linseed oil, applied onto woven linen canvas or timber panels.

Authenticity is assessed by evaluating age-appropriate craquelure, period-correct stretcher construction, hand-forged nails, provenance documentation, and ultraviolet light analysis to reveal older paint layers.

Historical portraits create visual contrast when mounted on dark saturated walls in a library, or hung as a focal point above a contemporary sideboard or mantelpiece.

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