19th-Century Portrait Of Alfred Little Couch RN

19th-Century Portrait Of Alfred Little Couch RNA charming 19th century portrait of Alfred Little Couch RN (1851 1906). Its always exciting when you have the name of a sitter depicted in a portrait as it enables you to delve into the ancestry records in search of information. We discovered a great deal about Alfred including the fact that his father, David Little Couch (1811 1894), was a portrait painter. With this in mind, it seems plausible that his father produced this image of him or perhaps

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 24½” x 16½” / 62cm x 42cmYear of creation: 1915Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Artwork in good condition

Frame with a few knocks here and there

which has helped to stabilise the paint layer

This copy does a fine job of capturing Rubens’ spirit and virtuosity

Nicolaï Alexandovitch Okolowicz (1876-1928)

he rejected it despite frequent accusations of being old fashioned

1850Provenance: GermanyCondition: Various scratches and abrasions

and the Imperial War Museum

Areas of cloudy varnish

The portrait is signed in the top left

Note how Bolt has intelligently guided the viewer by using a large crooked tree as a visual waypoint

An early 20th-century oil on board depicting Shakespeare's Birthplace by British artist Hugh Church (b