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Size 8” x 10” / 20cm x 25cm
Craquelure throughout and frame with age-related wear
Stylistically it draws upon the imagined landscapes of French neoclassical painters
Louis Joseph Pottin was an artist surrounded by talented portraitists who were no doubt in high demand
The portrait is housed within a later gilded frame with a decorative inner border
Attr. George Clint, Portrait Of Lydia Augusta Allen medium Size 8” x 10” /A beautiful portrait of Lydia Augusta Allen (1810 1890) wearing a sumptuous black dress, gold bracelet, and small purple rose. Lydia hailed from Leamington in Leicestershire and married John Roy Allen (1798 1875), a Cambridge educated barrister from Somerset. Following their wedding, John Roy began plans for a large marital home in Taunton, which became known as Lyngford House. This quirky building (completed around 1844) had a central octagonal