“Invitation to Angus artists
Condition: Craquelure but the paint is stable following its consolidation
braced against the elements
The portrait is housed within a black lacquered frame that’s probably the original
The Empire dress became popular at the beginning of the 19th-century during a revival of styles from Greco-Roman art
Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of Samuel Jones Of Skeyton, Norfolk Summer “Invitation to Angus artistsThis fine early 19th century English oil painting depicts Samuel Jones of Skeyton, Norfolk, smartly attired in a black coat with white cravat. The portrait was previously in the collection of William Sidney Charles Copeman CBE TD FRCP (1900 1970), a medical historian. Following a thorough search of the ancestry records, it appears that Samuel Jones was born in 1762 to Thomas and Mary of Halvergate, Norfolk, but, following his marriage in 1779 to