Circle of John Opie (1761–1807); A Good Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Art & Sculpture they were imminently practical in

they were imminently practical in an age without photography

The ebonised and parcel gilt octagonal topped centre table on the original brass castors with gilt flute decorated turned legs united by an x-frame cross stretcher with finialled central column

White-Headed Eagle

clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain

her hair tied in bunches

Circle of John Opie (1761–1807); A Good Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Art & Sculpture they were imminently practical inOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1790Height: 30. 25Width: 24. 75Painted within the circle of John Opie (17611807); in oils on canvas, the quarter length depiction of a distinguished gentleman in his fifties or sixties, using chiaroscuro, the sitter shown wearing a dark coat and white neckcloth, his hair(?) swept over his right eye, facing out to the viewer and set to a dark ground, presented unframed and surviving from the