A simply stunning oil on original canvas from the circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. This work is of very high quality and dates from between 1800 and 1820. We know Lawrence used dogs in his portraits of children and we know that these were the kind of compositions the Society of the time favoured.
The girl is set beautifully in a formal estate background - we can see the tree lined roads of a country house to the background. Here trusty dog sits at her feet and seems somewhat downhearted - perhaps something to do with the broken pitcher to the foreground.
The girl looks wistful as she blows away the last of a dandelion.
This is obviously a commissioned work for an important family who wanted their child to be portrayed in a more captivating way than a regular 3/4 or 1/2 length portrait.
The brushwork is superb and the girls face is executed in the rich white paint that was so fashionable at the time to give ladies of the day that virginal white skin tone.
The frame is of the highest quality and is a mult-section English composition which is finsihed in Gesso and Gilt and awould date from the same period. It is missing some of its wooden wegdes to support the canvas.
The canvas is original and has been waxed at some point but NEVER lined. The canvas exterior edges have rotted away and have been strengtheened with linen.
A very very fine piece and one that would not look out of place in any fine English painting collection.
The painting is LARGE and measures 32 x 27 inches framed and 25 x 20 inches unframed.
ESTIMATE GUIDE $10,000 to $15,000