SOLD (SA) Victorian Oil on Linen Portrait of Black and White Spaniel, 1882 duck head on post clown hat and booties

clown hat and booties

Frame shows some wear to the paint and a few scrapes /white marks on the surface

The drawing is done in graphite on paper

Hand-thrown and  hand-painted using a wax relief technique

SOLD (SA) Victorian Oil on Linen Portrait of Black and White Spaniel, 1882 duck head on post clown hat and bootiesThis is, hands down, a wonderful painting. The sort of painting that makes me think of a luxurious, richly decorated room, old leather and wood everywhere, walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames. But even amid many, I do think this painting, elegantly and dexterously capturing one handsome, highly prized, regal but gentle looking Spaniel (I think), would surely be my favorite! Oil on linen,