Portrait of a Gentleman Scottish Show 2022 as he is internationally collected

as he is internationally collected and sits in many public collections including the Tate and what’s more was a much respected professor of painting at the Royal Academy Schools

I hadn’t realised before researching this painting of Capri that the island was known as such a bohemian colony of artists and writers

appeared in Vogue in 1954

As a result we’ve always described it as Scottish School but I suppose it could equally be French based on how little I know

Portrait of a Gentleman Scottish Show 2022 as he is internationally collectedAnother painting Ive owned for more than a decade, a superb quality portrait by an unknown artist from the second half of the eighteenth century. I think originally I felt Id just discover it was by a celebrated court artist of the day and pay off my mortgage but its clearly not as easy as Philip Mould makes it look. I still love the image though, an immaculate courtier, with a wry look and something of a military demeanour, or perhaps thats just the