Why are so many sitters unnamed?

Because the names dropped away as pictures left families and passed through sales. Titles on Sellingantiques run to lady, gentleman, young girl, young boy, described by dress, age or occupation. Where a sitter is named, the listing tends to name the family or house as well. Those sit at the top of the range.

What does circle of actually mean?

An unidentified painter working close to the named artist, during that artist's lifetime. It is one of a family of hedges dealers use when the hand isn't certain. After means a copy of a known composition. Follower of means the manner, not necessarily the period. Studio of points at workshop assistants.

Are portraits usually signed?

No. Around one title in twenty says signed, and only about one in fifty says dated. The hedged attributions far outnumber them. Circle, after, attributed, follower and studio together carry well over a thousand titles.

How reliable is a 19th Century date?

Treat it as a bracket rather than a date. Over a thousand listings are filed simply as 19th Century, with several hundred each under 18th and 17th. The dealers' own dating spans 1631 to 1960, though fewer than a third of listings pin a clean year. Expect a circa in the description.

Do animal pictures count as portraits?

They're filed here, yes. Dogs appear in over a hundred titles and horses in ninety-odd, with collies, terriers, racehorses and hunters among them. The archive has also carried a lion, a foxhound, a bull bitch and a racing pigeon under the same heading.

What are miniatures painted on?

Ivory and card are common, but the samples also show oil on copper, celluloid, reverse-painted glass and Italian examples drawn on silk. Many come cased, and some are mounted as pendants or brooches. Miniature appears in 372 titles, roughly one listing in fourteen.

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A framed likeness of a person, painted or drawn to record who they were, most often an oil on canvas of a sitter nobody has since named.

William Oliver Signed Victorian Oil Painting of a Lady with Red Parasol Circa 1880

19th century

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William Oliver Signed Victorian Oil Painting of a Lady with Red Parasol Circa 1880

From Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd

£14,500

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18th century

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Francis Hayman Portrait of a Privateer

From Darnley Fine Art

£6,800

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Oil on Canvas After John Sargent Noble (1848-1896) "Gun Dogs with the Day's Bag"

19th century

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Oil on Canvas After John Sargent Noble (1848-1896) "Gun Dogs with the Day's Bag"

From Jane Short Antiques

£2,250

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Mezzotint Portrait of Children Bathing (The Hoppner Children) - James Ward After John Hoppner

19th century

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Mezzotint Portrait of Children Bathing (The Hoppner Children) - James Ward After John Hoppner

From The Mezzotint Man

£720

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Historical Marine Oil Painting Three Masted Schooner Sailing Ship Norwegian Wooden Barque

19th century

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Historical Marine Oil Painting Three Masted Schooner Sailing Ship Norwegian Wooden Barque

From Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art

£2,695

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Portrait of a Royalist Officer in Armour, with a Horse and Groom Beyond, C.1650–1665; Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Anglo-flemish School) (1599-1641), Oil on Canvas Painting

17th century

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Portrait of a Royalist Officer in Armour, with a Horse and Groom Beyond, C.1650–1665; Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Anglo-flemish School) (1599-1641), Oil on Canvas Painting

From Titan Fine Art

£10,650

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Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase

17th century

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Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase

From Darnley Fine Art

£4,500

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17th century

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17th Century English School Self Portrait

From Darnley Fine Art

£3,800

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William Shakespeare Playwright Poet Actor 19th Oil Portrait Painting by Thomas Spinks

19th century

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William Shakespeare Playwright Poet Actor 19th Oil Portrait Painting by Thomas Spinks

From Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art

£3,650

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1900 - 1920

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An Edwardian Portrait of a Lady .

From Youngs Antiques

£2,450

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The top sale of the last year on Sellingantiques was a portrait of Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Northumberland, painted around 1665, sold in January 2026.

Symbolist School Portrait of a Man with a Cigar

19th century

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Symbolist School Portrait of a Man with a Cigar

From Darnley Fine Art

£3,500

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1920 - 1940

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Winifred Rymer Standing Nude

From Darnley Fine Art

£5,000

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The Seamstress Watercolour Portrait Painting 1950 Mid-century Impressionist

1940 - 1960

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The Seamstress Watercolour Portrait Painting 1950 Mid-century Impressionist

From Artsonline

£165

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18th century

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Portrait of a Gentleman

From Darnley Fine Art

£25,000

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16th century

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After Raphael Conestabile Madonna

From Darnley Fine Art

£7,500

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1900 - 1920

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Robert Watson 1865 - 1916

From Ellis Fine Art

£5,950

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Antique Portraits

William Oliver Signed Victorian Oil Painting of a Lady with Red Parasol Circa 1880

Francis Hayman Portrait of a Privateer

Oil on Canvas After John Sargent Noble (1848-1896) "Gun Dogs with the Day's Bag"

Mezzotint Portrait of Children Bathing (The Hoppner Children) - James Ward After John Hoppner

Historical Marine Oil Painting Three Masted Schooner Sailing Ship Norwegian Wooden Barque

Portrait of a Royalist Officer in Armour, with a Horse and Groom Beyond, C.1650–1665; Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Anglo-flemish School) (1599-1641), Oil on Canvas Painting

Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase

17th Century English School Self Portrait

William Shakespeare Playwright Poet Actor 19th Oil Portrait Painting by Thomas Spinks

An Edwardian Portrait of a Lady .

Symbolist School Portrait of a Man with a Cigar

Winifred Rymer Standing Nude

The Seamstress Watercolour Portrait Painting 1950 Mid-century Impressionist

Portrait of a Gentleman

After Raphael Conestabile Madonna

Robert Watson 1865 - 1916

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