#britishportrait

Still very much work in progress - but it made me laugh so I hope it makes you laugh as well! Yes, his eyes do follow you around the room and judge you. With disdain.

Over the last 200 years, Samuel Shelley has fallen from the constellation of star miniaturists. But in his own time - what a star he was. A favorite of the Royal Family, Shelley studied at the Royal Academy before exhibiting there from 1774 for the next 30 years, executing remarkable watercolors and oil portraits in addition to his luminous miniatures. An important influence on American artists, Shelley instructed Alexander Robertson and inspired Edward Greene Malbone, who, after visiting the Royal Academy, named Shelley and Cosway the finest miniaturists he had ever seen. ************************* Samuel Shelley, Fanny & William Gayly, 1805. At the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show, April 25-28. @philaantiquesandartshow *************************** #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #MiniaturePortraits #MiniaturePortrait #BritishPortrait #GeorgianMiniature #HistoricArt #elleshushan #WearableArt #JewelrywithaFace #JewellerywithaFace #GeorgianJewelry #GeorgianJewellery #SamuelShelley https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuYkfAnJzt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o1eea4w3qjkf

Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield by Gainsborough @gettymuseum #thomasgainsborough #britishportrait (at Getty Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br9Hj50lNyO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1256in1ly0kri