This summer, The Weiss Gallery is proud to host 'Framed Identities: 18th Century British Portraiture at Home & Abroad', the gallery's first mini-exhibition dedicated wholly to eighteenth century British portraiture.
Newly discovered portraits by George Romney, Joseph Wright of Derby, Katherine Read, and John Smart will all be on view in our Front Gallery between 28 June and 02 September (including London Art Week, 28 June to 5 July).Interested parties are encouraged to get in touch in the first instance.
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A NEWLY DISCOVERED MASTERPIECE BY JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY
"Maria" from Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey' -
Charming & Cherubic
A pair of siblings by George Knapton, housed within their original frames -
Katherine Read's Last Paintings?
The Beatsons: the artist's sister and nephews in Madras -
TWO IMPORTANT, HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED PORTRAIT MINIATURES BY JOHN SMART
DEPICTING THE INDIAN PRINCES, ABDUL ALI KHAN, GRANDSON OF THE NAWAB OF THE CARNATIC, AND ABDUL KHALIQ SULTAN, SON OF TIPU SULTAN-
John Smart (1741 - 1811)An Indian prince, probably Abdul Ali Khan, grandson of Muhammad Ali Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic, Drawn in 1787Pencil, watercolour, and white heightening on tinted paper3 x 2 1/8 in. (75 x 55 mm.) -
John Smart (1741 - 1811)Prince Abdul Khaliq Sultan (1782 – 1806), Painted circa 1792 - 1796Watercolour on ivory, oval3 x 2 1/8 in. (75 x 55 mm.)
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ENLIGHTENMENT LITERATI à la ROMNEY & RAEBURN
Major Thomas Pearson & Professor James Gregory-
George RomneyMajor Thomas Pearson (c.1740 - 1781) [?], Painted circa 1770 - 1771Oil on unlined canvas24 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (63.2 x 50.4 cm.)
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Sir Henry RaeburnProfessor James Gregory (1753 - 1821), President of the Royal College of Physicians and the King’s Physician in Scotland, Painted circa 1796 - 1798Oil on canvas29 ½ x 24 ½ in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm.)
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