Scarce 18Thc Reverse Glass Print Portrait Of A Lady C.1770
Stock No
2878
2013
- £620.00
- €739 Euro
- $803 US Dollar
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Item Description
The very pretty reverse glass painted printed portrait of a lady of the period, shown half-length seated, the whole in its original period gilt frame and surviving from the third quarter of the eighteenth century.
The portrait does show its age with some hairline cracks as photographed. There are some small losses to the frame. The original pine boarded back shows a depository label for Hampton & Sons Ltd.
Traditionally, reverse glass painting consists of several layers of paint applied to one side of the glass while the painting is viewed from the other side. In creating such a painting, the sequence of paint application is reversed. The foreground and highlights are painted first and must be correct, then the layers are built up, with the background applied last. With these paintings, the glass can be said to have several functions: a painting substrate, a protective layer of plain glass and a coating which performs an aesthetic function by making the colours more saturated. It is a technique that has been used for portrait and landscape paintings which were then framed, for advertisements often on mirrors such as this, and for decorating the inside of bottles.
Faded grandeur at its best.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Olney, Buckinghamshire
Item Dimensions
H: 51cm W: 41cm
Period
c.1770
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Olney, Buckinghamshire
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)7729 213013
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