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Might Philippe Mercier be a better attribution for this portrait?

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Portrait of an Unknown Rheumatologist

Photo credit: : Royal Free Hospital

Artist London: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 20th C 24 comments

Do you know who painted Charles Brehmer Heald (1882–1974)?

Last comment by Terry Gould
1 month ago

Jade King

Jade King, 10 Jul 2014 The PCF

DOR_BRC_BORGM_00815

© the artist's estate
Photo credit: : Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Subject or sitter Maritime Subjects, Military History, Portraits: British 20th C 13 comments

Completed Can anything more be found about Commander B. Moore, drawn by William Russell Flint?

Last comment by Edward Stone
1 year ago

Iain McGibbon

Iain McGibbon, 16 Jan 2018

Samuel Holland Esquire Caerdeon

Photo credit: : Gwynedd Archives Service

Artist Portraits: British 19th C, Wales: Artists and Subjects 12 comments

Completed Did Hugh Carter paint this portrait of Samuel Holland?

Last comment by Edward Stone
1 year ago

Paul Kettlewell

Paul Kettlewell, 7 Dec 2017

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Discoveries

16 January 2018 — News

Revealed: The mysterious portrait of a newspaperman

Thomas William Evans (1853–1939), General Manager, Manchester Evening News (1901–1929)

Thomas William Evans (1853–1939), General Manager, Manchester Evening News (1901–1929), 1929, oil on canvas by Edward Hartley Mooney (1877–1938)
Photo credit: : Guardian News & Media Archive

17 October 2017 — News

Art Detectives uncover information about Taunton-born travelling artist

A Taunton Onion Seller

A Taunton Onion Seller, 1909, oil on canvas by Mabel Grace Trood (1872–1951)
© the copyright holder
Photo credit: : Somerset Museums Service

17 October 2017 — News

John Scott of Carlisle attributed as artist of portrait of Thomas Bell

Thomas Bell, Governor of the York Merchant Adventurers (1854–1856)

Thomas Bell, Governor of the York Merchant Adventurers (1854–1856), 1874, oil on canvas, attributed to John Scott (1850–1919)
Photo credit: : Merchant Adventurers' Hall

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Image credits

Dame Mary, née Clarke, Second Wife of Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt, (detail), 17th C, oil on canvas, circle of Joseph Highmore (1692–1780), Photo credit: : Northampton Museums & Art Gallery

The Infancy of Bacchus, (detail), c.1700–1710, oil on canvas by Louis de Boullogne the younger (1654–1733), Photo credit: : Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

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