Collector's Journal
Napoleon in Uniform: Researching a 19th-Century Imperial Portrait After Robert Lefèvre
New research into a commanding c.1870 portrait of Napoleon I reveals a compelling connection with Robert Lefèvre's official Imperial portrait tradition.
Sir James Campbell of Lawers: A Georgian Military Portrait and the William Aikman Connection
Explore new research into an early Georgian Scottish portrait of Sir James Campbell of Lawers, its historic William Aikman attribution and remarkable military history.
Captain Gamaliel Nightingale: A Georgian Naval Portrait by John Simmons
18th Century Painting Art Research & Provenance Bonhams British Art British Portraiture Famous Lord Hill Museum Gamaliel Nightingale Georgian Art John Simmons Maritime Art Naval Portrait Provenance Research Royal Navy
With Labor Day approaching in the United States, discover the remarkable history behind John Simmons's circa 1760 portrait of Royal Navy Captain Gamaliel Nightingale, from his Georgian naval career to Bonhams provenance, surviving historic labels and later private exhibition history.
The Victorian Shorthorn Bull: A British Livestock Portrait with a Bourgeois Aîné Paris Connection
Agricultural Art Art Research and Provenance Bourgeois Aine British Animal Painting British Naive Art Fine Art Conservation Golding Young and Mawer Livestock Painting Rural Art Shorthorn Bull The Collectors Journal Victorian Art William Ward
Discover the remarkable story behind a late-Victorian British Shorthorn bull painting, circa 1890. From its Bourgeois Aîné, Paris F8 artist’s support and Golding Young & Mawer provenance to professional conservation and its private loan and exhibition with the Famous Lord Hill Museum, the reverse reveals almost as much history as the painting itself.
The Mystery of a Georgian Horse-Head Seal: Heraldry and the Abercromby Family Tradition
18th Century Antiques Abercromby Family Antique Desk Accessories Armorial Seal Art Research & Provenance British Antiques Decorative Arts Equestrian Antiques Georgian Antiques Georgian Decorative Arts Georgian Desk Seal Heraldry Horse Head Seal Intaglio Seal Scottish Antiques Scottish Heraldry Sir Ralph Abercromby Tullibody
Discover an unusual late-Georgian horse-head armorial desk seal, circa 1770–1800, finely modelled in copper alloy and engraved with a paired heraldic intaglio matrix. Traditionally associated with the Abercromby family of Tullibody, Scotland, the seal retains an intriguing historic connection by repute with Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby KB (1734–1801), although the specific attribution remains unverified.
