"Love Letter" to help attributsiey

[I-V]

Сообщение от John Preston; 1986971"

Recently acquired just such a nice job .

I have at the sight of this thing there is a strong feeling of deja vu ... with an English accent <! - ~ 1 ~ -> I do not know why.

Generally a good thing , and we want to believe that the time corresponds to the claimed - it would be just great , because the author does not seem to pass . I think we can congratulate you , John Preston!

[John Preston]

Сообщение от IV

I think we can congratulate you, John Preston!

It is still too early to congratulate me ...
Now, if the author was known then - is another matter ...
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[I-V]

John Preston, you have not tried to read what is written in the letter in his hand a lady?
There seems to be possible to make out the last word - Hots (?) And the top line does not give explanation?
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[John Preston]

Сообщение от IV

John Preston, you have not tried to read what is written in the letter in his hand a lady?
There seems to be possible to make out the last word - Hots (?) And the top line does not give explanation?
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Brilliant, I-V!

And I did not pay attention to the signature of the letter.

I see ...
"Hote".

The top line can not be.

[Pecheneg]

Сообщение от Santa; 1988561"

19th century with the of being a 18th .

Most likely , that the work of mid-19th century or even the third quarter of 19. Enough to pay attention to the girl's straw hat typical of the modern trends of the 19th century , as well as namalovazhnaya detail as the chair on which she sits Courtyard surrounds performed mechanically using a bent tree.
 A dostochka with the date , I think , generally not from here .

[K-Maler]

Сообщение от John Preston

could be François Henri Mulard

No, its level is much higher compare to Ingres.
Your portrait is closer to the English school (or imitation of the school).

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Сообщение от Pecheneg

It seems likely that the work of mid-19th century or even the third quarter of the 19th

Powdered wigs are not worn in the 19th century, and this person lush boucle ...

[Игорь Гурьев]

Oh well.

Put this costume portrait by some Englishman or Austrians second half of the 19th century.

But who is who?

For it is written brilliantly and is very individual ...

[John Preston]

IV, Guriev, Igor, similar to the manner of the author?

[I-V]

Сообщение от John Preston

is similar to the manner of the author?

John Preston, I will say this: Your author was not spoiledorders, in contrast to Nathaniel Hone

[John Preston]

Requests to the "National Museum of the portrait " in London. That's what they told me:

Dear Sir

Thank you for your email and the photograph of the portrait. I do not think that this can be by Liotard, who as you say worked extensively in pastel, as it is too late to fit into his body of work. The sitter's hairstyle dates the picture to the 1780s and I have found no other example of his work showing this fashionable and distinctive hairstyle.

 If English, and I agree that this could be a possibility, then one candidate would be John Russell (1745-1806). However comparison with his work from this period is not favourable: Russell's pastels of the 1780s show a far lighter and more lively rendering of the fabric and lace than is shown in this work.

 I am afraid I have no other suggestions for artists to whom to attributed this work and am sorry to have to respond negatively.

 Yours sincerely

Paul Cox
Associate Curator (Reference Collection)

It turns out that by the time it all fits . Quite so-so 1788 is probably an unknown artist Mupard ( in accordance with a wooden sign ) carried out in France this job ... Sorry, but it seems that the search will end ...