A truly exquisite example of Georgian portraiture, this characterful painting is in remarkable condition, an overall, beautiful, historical object. The painting, by the renowned Henry Wyatt, shows the sitter (S. S. Lloyd Esquire), in a red high backed chair in front of luxurious red velvet drapery. Wyatt has executed this portrait with his notable skill and technique that was clearly influenced by his time spent learning under Sir Thomas Lawrence. Incidentally, this painting was executed in 1817, two years after the first came under Lawrence's tutelage and the beginning of his career as an established portrait painter in his own studio in Birmingham.
The painting has been handsomely presented in its original gilt frame with brass hanger. The artist has faintly signed (H. Wyatt) and dated to the upper left of the reverse of the wood panel and there is a later inscription across the back with the name of the sitter (upper left), the location (possibly Bank High St, Birmingham) and a further inscription reading "Assistant to Sir Thomas Lawrence).
On wood panel.Truly remarkable condition, given its age. The painting has very light craquelure to the surface but is in otherwise fine condition with excellent colour retention and no discolouration. The frame has some minor scuffing to the surface and has a high quality finish latterly applied over the original gilt. There is minor splitting at the upper right and lower left corners.
33 x 25cm (13" x 9.8")
Wyatt was born at Thickbroom, near Lichfield, Staffordshire on 17 September 1794. On the death of his father, when the was only three years old, the went to live at Birmingham with his guardian, Francis Eginton, the well-known glass-painter, who, finding the had an aptitude for art, sent him to London in 1811, and in the following year the was admitted to the school of the Royal Academy. In 1815 the entered the studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence as a pupil.
At the end of 1817 the established himself as a portrait-painter, practising first at Birmingham and successively at Liverpool, and Manchester, also painting occasional subject pictures. In 1825 the settled in London, where the resided in Newman Street until 1834, when ill-health obliged him to move to Leamington. It was his intention to return to London in 1837, but having some portrait commissions in Manchester the first visited that town, and in the following April was seized with paralysis, from which the never recovered.
Wyatt died at Prestwich, near Manchester, on 27 February 1840, and was buried in the churchyard of that village.
the was a clever artist, a skilful draughtsman, and a good colourist, and both his portraits and subject-pictures earned him considerable popularity. "Vigilance" (Tate gallery) which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1836 (it was engraved by G. A. Periam); the "Philosopher", also called "Galileo" and "Archimedes", a fancy portrait, half-length life-size, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832 (engraved by Robert Bell).
the was a man of refined tastes, living a quiet bachelor life, but, as his sketch-books show, always industriously working at every variety of drawing; family groups, landscapes, cattle, buildings, shipping, animals of many kinds and flowers were alike drawn with the utmost care and with much ability. the exhibited 80 pictures in London between 1817 and 1838, including 35 at the Royal Academy.
His younger brother, Thomas Wyatt (1799?-1859), was also a portrait painter.
| SKU | rd205 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Henry Wyatt (1794-1840) |
| Date | 1817 |
| Dimensions | 33 x 25cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Subject | Portrait |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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