Antique portraits

Portrait of the Hon. Edith Jocelyn, Viscountess Sudley, bust length, in a yellow dress and white wrap

An inscription on the back of this painting identifies the sitter as Teresa Kinska Poniatowska. The daughter of a Czech count, she married a Polish military officer, Andrzej Poniatowski, whose brother became the king of Poland in 1764. The Swedish artist Krafft briefly served as painter to the king and produced portraits of several members of the Poniatowski family, including another of Teresa wearing the same dress and pearls.

Lot 555 - Philip Alexius de László MVO, PRBA - Estimate 6000-8000 GBP

Maude Fealy was an American stage and silent film actress who survived into the talkie era.Fealy appeared in her first silent film in 1911 for

on view until july 8, volker hermes's RUFF HOOD exhibition at london's james freeman gallery brings a playful twist to antique portraits.

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Vintage

With the Edwardian era, which lasted from 1900 to 1912, came many life improvements that we still use today, such as electricity, cars, and vacuum cleaners. Still, it has also given us a fair share of bizarre facts, most of them concerning women.

Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)