An Early 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of Mary Stuart, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631 – 1660) sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope made exactly to the pharaoh’s

made exactly to the pharaoh’s measurements

being housed in a cream painted and gilded gesso moulded frame with symmetrical spandrel mouldings within a moulded outer and acanthus leaf inner border

With theatre interiors regularly being stripped and redesigned these very early examples are rarely found today

a meditative mood and a presence that transcends the short period of life

simply an amount of wear one would expect to the ebonised finish

An Early 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of Mary Stuart, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631 – 1660) sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope made exactly to the pharaoh’sOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George III Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1800 30Height: 29. 5Width: 25. 5 (in frame)The beautifully realised portrait of Mary Stuart, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631 1660), as a very young woman, shown in profile and half length, wearing a pearl necklace, lace gown and headdress whilst clutching a flower, the whole on a dark ground, presented in a somewhat nave manner and presented in the original moulded giltwood