William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Oil Portrait Painting to the 19th Century.
Title: "Portrait of a Gentleman". In a wood paneled room.
Signed with monogram and dated 1872.
Oil on canvas.
Size: 50"x 40". Framed size: 58 1/2"x 48 1/2".
Contained in it's very good original wood ebony and gold leaf frame.
A very fine quality and large portrait. Trade enquiries welcome.
In good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.
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Elected ARSA: 13 November 1850
Elected RSA: 10 February 1858
James Archer, R.S.A., the oldest Member of the Academy, was born at Edinburgh in 1823.
His first exhibit in the Royal Scottish Academy was in 1812, “The Child John in the Wilderness.” From that year he was a frequent and liberal contributor to the Annual Exhibition till 1867, when, following his removal to London, his contributions became less frequent. In 1884 he visited the United States, and two years later went to India. After three years’ residence there he returned to London in 1889.
Among his important works are :—“ The Last Supper,” 1849; “The Douglas Tragedy
1850; “The Old Oak Chest,” 1852; “Hamlet the Dane,” 1853; “Rosalind and Celia” (Diploma Work), 1854; “Portrait of The Earl of Kintore,” 1854; “The Shadow on the Path,” 1857; “In Time of War,’ 1858; “The Harvest Field—Evening,” 1859; “Fair Rosamond and Queen Eleanor,” 1860; “La Morte d’Arthur,” 1861; “ King Arthur in Quest of his Mystic Sword Excalibur,’ 1862 “ Sir Launcelot looks on Queen Guinevere,” 1864 ;“ Parting of Arthur and Guinevere,’ 1865 ;“ Henry II and Fair Rosamond,” 1868; “ Fair Helen of Kirkconnel,” 1870; “The Heather Gatherers—Surrey,’ 1871; “The Three Sisters,” 1874; ‘ Portrait of Professor Blackie” (now in the Library), 1876; “Portrait of Sir Daniel Macnee” (now in the Library), 1877; “The late Earl of Dalhousie,” 1890; “O lang, lang, may their ladies sit” (Sir Patrick Spens), 1894.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1850 and attained the rank of Academician in 1858. In April 1900 he was appointed by the Academy its Representative Trustee of the British Institution Scholarship Fund in room of the late W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A.
His death took place at Hazlemere, Surrey, on 5th September.
William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Oil Portrait Painting to the 19th Century.
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James Archer R.s.a. "Portrait of a Gentleman". Large Oil Painting.
