Collector's Journal — Historical Portrait
Sir Thomas More: An Imposing Tudor Portrait in the Manner of Hans Holbein the Younger
Antique Paintings British History British Portraiture Cheffins Fine Art Collar of Esses Fine Art Collecting Hans Holbein Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII Historical Art Historical Portrait Manner of Hans Holbein Old Master Portraiture Renaissance Portraiture Sir Thomas More The Collector's Journal Thomas More Portrait Tudor Art Tudor History Tudor Painting Tudor Portrait Tudor Rose
A substantial early 20th-century oil portrait of Sir Thomas More, painted in the manner of Hans Holbein the Younger and inspired by the celebrated Tudor portrait tradition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with Cheffins Fine Art provenance.
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, née Clark, revealing how inscriptions, inherited identity and family provenance can preserve a sitter’s story across generations.
