#oval frame

[royalty-nobility]

Princess Alice (1843-78), later Grand Duchess of Hesse

Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)

Date: 1861

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Alice (1843 – 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Alice was the first of Queen Victoria's nine children to die and one of three to predecease their mother.

[weirdchristmas]

The eternal struggle between drank and schmoke.

[portrait-paintings]

Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet

Artist: William Aikman (Scottish, 1682-1731)

Date: 1772

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Allan Ramsay began his career in Edinburgh as a wig maker; he went on to become a bookseller, successful poet and an important member of Edinburgh's literary and artistic circles. He was a close friend of the artist, William Aikman, and this portrait was owned by another friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik. Clerk wrote on the back of the canvas, imitating Ramsay's verse: 'Here painted on this canvas clout by Aikman's hand is Ramsay's snout'.

[artemlegere]

William Hamilton of Bangour, 1704 - 1754. Poet

Artist: Gavin Hamilton (Scottish, 1723 - 1798)

Date: ca. 1748

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

William Hamilton (1704–1754) was a Scottish poet associated with the Jacobite movement.

The poet William Hamilton, celebrated for his translation of Homer, is shown in this portrait by his cousin, Gavin Hamilton, as he might appear on a classical coin or medal. Painted in profile and dressed in antique fashion, William is framed within a painted oval, decorated with laurel leaves. He is shown again, as the seated figure in the painting below, designed to resemble a sculpture carved in relief. It illustrates an episode from his poem, 'Contemplation or the Triumph of Love'. The portrait was probably painted in 1748 in France where William, a Jacobite supporter, was in exile.

[bebemoon]

rebecca leigh longendyke for wsj magazine, ph. lachlan bailey + retro edit<3

[vintagehomecollection]

A watercolor of parrots in an oval frame holds its own against a highly elaborate wallpaper background.

Decorating with Pictures, 1991

[hippo-artist]

Most recent painting.

[hamuland]

cassandralkim from instagram:

“Mademoiselle Hamster” (sold) acrylic and oil in antique chalk frame. 8in x 7in. 

“Monsieur Hamster” (sold) acrylic and oil on an antique chalk frame. 8in x 7in. This is the partner to Mademoiselle Hamster. I based this one on Nicolas de Largilliere’s “Portrait of a Man.”