A portrait of an officer of the Royal Artillery standing before a cannon at a coastal defence.
Signed and dated by the artist 'C.H. Hart, Portrait Painter 1861'.
Painted in oil on canvas and within a period gilt gesso frame. The canvas stamped for the supplier, G Rowney, Rathbone Place, London.
overall dimensions: w:30 in x h:36 in. The work: 22 in x 28 in
The artist C.H.Hart is perhaps also the photographer Conway Hart. There are two albumen carte-de-visite photographs by him in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, one being of Major-General George Chichele Plowden with his son George Tertius Chichele Plowden. Working portrait painters were often early adopters of photography.
The first recorded work by C.H. Hart to be sold at auction was The Hop Pickers, a large work in oil on canvas, sold at Christies in 2006. (£3600.00)
Item Code: 2095
£ 2400
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