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EDWARD ALCOCK (fl. 1750-1780)

Miniature Full Length Portrait of a Gentleman in an Interior

Dated twice lr1770; 1768

Oil on Canvas

25 x 19 in.

PROVENANCE:

Mariano Fortuny, New York

Edward Alcock was an itinerant portrait painter practicing in Bath (1757), Birmingham (1759-60), Bristol and London. He also was a miniaturist and Genre painter. Chatterton wrote a poem about him 1769. Exhibited one picture at the Royal Academy and six at the Free Society. Influenced by Rembrandt and was fond of shadows, but retained a naïve feel to his work.

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