Collector's Journal — Victorian Portraiture
Mrs George Wood Portrait | John Wood Victorian Art 1857
1857 19th Century Art Art Research British Art British Portraiture Collectors Journal Family Portrait Family Provenance Hansons Auctioneers Historical Portrait John Wood John Wood Artist Mrs George Wood Provenance Research Sarah Sophia Clark Sarah Sophia Wood Victorian Art Victorian Portrait Victorian Portraiture Victorian Women
Painted in 1857 and preserved through family descent, this intimate Victorian portrait traditionally depicts Sarah Sophia Wood, nĆ©e Clark, revealing how inscriptions, inherited identity and family provenance can preserve a sitterās story across generations.
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