As any art lover knows, Portrait paintings are far more than just mirrors to another person’s physical appearance. Through the use of oils, watercolours and more these pieces offer a glimpse to the sitter’s soul as well as the fashions and symbolism of their time. Long before photography portrait painting was the only way to let people know how you looked and marriages were agreed based off of such pictures. They were the only way to capture a possibly happy moment in time to ruminate on in later life and the only way to recall someone after they had died. With the advent of Photography during the middle of the 19th Century accurate painted representations became less important so artists began to explore more impressionistic and abstract approaches instead. This view continued through the 20th Century to today.
Antique and Vintage portrait paintings offer a wonderful way to engage with the past through a direct connection with another person. Apart from more formal pieces intended for public display (as often found in 19th Century works), many instead are full of softness and openness which bring out the blemishes, insecurities, and longings which all of us are subject to.
At LoveAntiques we have a fine selection of Antique and Vintage Portraits for all your needs.
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Dutch Oil Painting in a Gilt Wood Frame
£ 850
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Portrait of Louisa Cooke and Mr Quiz Home Before Battle — With Trafalgar Provenance (circa 1802)
£ 14,000
Portrait of Louisa Cooke and Mr Quiz Home Before Battle — With Trafalgar Provenance (circa 1802)
£ 14,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Victorian Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 275
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Antique Large 19th Century Oil Painting Young Girl Red Chair Carved Gilt Frame
£ 1,300
Antique Large 19th Century Oil Painting Young Girl Red Chair Carved Gilt Frame
£ 1,300
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Prometheus Antiques
Oil Painting After Elisabeth Le Brun
£ 550
Treehouse Antiques
Full Length Portrait of Elizabethan Gentleman
£ 395
South Country Antiques
Original Pencil Scetch By Alméry Lobel Riche,
£ 450
Athey Antiques
Set of 12 Vanity Fair "Spy" Prints
£ 570
21st Century Gallery
Original Etching 'bohemia' by Georg Wilheim Hallstein 1887-1923. Signed and Inscribed. 1922
£ 65
Original Etching 'bohemia' by Georg Wilheim Hallstein 1887-1923. Signed and Inscribed. 1922
£ 65
21st Century Gallery
JMR Antiques Ltd
Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Officer
£ 895
Prometheus Antiques
Regency Painted Silhouette by Charles Rosenberg
£ 295
IOC Antiques Ltd
Watercolour by Henry A Payne (1868-1940)
£ 155
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Shorthorn Bull Oil Painting British Naïve School Prize Livestock Portrait in The Manner of William Ward
£ 4,950
Victorian Shorthorn Bull Oil Painting British Naïve School Prize Livestock Portrait in The Manner of William Ward
£ 4,950
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
History Naval Family Portrait Painting Legacy Louisa & Augusta & Sophia Devonsher
£ 5,900
History Naval Family Portrait Painting Legacy Louisa & Augusta & Sophia Devonsher
£ 5,900
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Oil Realist Portrait of Mary with Cairn Terriers in the Manner of Sir Harrington Mann (1864–1937)
£ 8,500
Oil Realist Portrait of Mary with Cairn Terriers in the Manner of Sir Harrington Mann (1864–1937)
£ 8,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Early 19th Century Painting Captain John Cooke’s Family Portrait Legacy Louisa & Augusta & Sophia Devonsher
£ 5,900
Early 19th Century Painting Captain John Cooke’s Family Portrait Legacy Louisa & Augusta & Sophia Devonsher
£ 5,900
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Oil Portrait of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-lüneburg (1714–1774), Generalissimo of the Russian Army, Wearing the Sash of the Imperial Order of St Andrew the First-Called Circle of Georg Christoph Grooth c.1740
£ 14,500
21st Century Gallery
Original Watercolour '2 Glasgow Ladies' by James Gorman 1931-2005. Framed.signed and Dated Verso June 80
£ 125
Original Watercolour '2 Glasgow Ladies' by James Gorman 1931-2005. Framed.signed and Dated Verso June 80
£ 125
21st Century Gallery
21st Century Gallery
Original Etching 'dancing Girl' by Nigel Lambourne 1919-1988. Signed and Dated 1967. Inscribed to Toby
£ 70
Original Etching 'dancing Girl' by Nigel Lambourne 1919-1988. Signed and Dated 1967. Inscribed to Toby
£ 70
21st Century Gallery
21st Century Gallery
Original Oil Print on Paper 'reclining Nude' by Ken Walch 1927-2017. Signed, Dated and Numbered 2/3
£ 40
Original Oil Print on Paper 'reclining Nude' by Ken Walch 1927-2017. Signed, Dated and Numbered 2/3
£ 40
21st Century Gallery
Anthea's Attic
Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Young Girl
£ 750
21st Century Gallery
Original Pastel 'The Stripped Jumper' by Toby Horne Shepherd (1909-1993) Framed & Signed
£ 120
Original Pastel 'The Stripped Jumper' by Toby Horne Shepherd (1909-1993) Framed & Signed
£ 120
21st Century Gallery
21st Century Gallery
Original Oil on Board ''figures in the Street' by Doreen Heaton Potworowski. 1930-2014.
£ 450
Original Oil on Board ''figures in the Street' by Doreen Heaton Potworowski. 1930-2014.
£ 450
21st Century Gallery
JMR Antiques Ltd
English Georgian Oil on Canvas Porter of a Gentleman
£ 1,995
21st Century Gallery
Original Pastel Drawing 'reclining Nude' by Toby Horne Shepherd. 1909-1993. Signed. C.1965
Original Pastel Drawing 'reclining Nude' by Toby Horne Shepherd. 1909-1993. Signed. C.1965
21st Century Gallery
21st Century Gallery
Original Watercolour 'reading' by Toby Horne Shepherd. 1909-1993. Signed. C.1965
£ 120
Original Watercolour 'reading' by Toby Horne Shepherd. 1909-1993. Signed. C.1965
£ 120
21st Century Gallery
21st Century Gallery
Original Pastel Drawing 'the Artist at Work' by Toby Horne Shepherd 1909-1993. Signed. C.1995
£ 120
Original Pastel Drawing 'the Artist at Work' by Toby Horne Shepherd 1909-1993. Signed. C.1995
£ 120
21st Century Gallery
South Country Antiques
Antique Silhouette Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 85
South Country Antiques
Antique Watercolour Portrait of Hannah More
£ 255
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Oil Painting Horse William The Conqueror by Samuel Spode Framed
£ 12,000
Oil Painting Horse William The Conqueror by Samuel Spode Framed
£ 12,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Oil Painting "The Death (The Berkeley Hunt)" c.1880 –by Charles Faulkner
£ 4,000
Victorian Oil Painting "The Death (The Berkeley Hunt)" c.1880 –by Charles Faulkner
£ 4,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
£ 795
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Chow Chows: Late 19th Century French School Portrait by Zilia Klias
£ 3,800
Chow Chows: Late 19th Century French School Portrait by Zilia Klias
£ 3,800
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
G Neville Antiques
Painting- Antique Oil Painting of Hunting Hounds in Winter Countryside Landscape 19th Century Artist
£ 6,950
Painting- Antique Oil Painting of Hunting Hounds in Winter Countryside Landscape 19th Century Artist
£ 6,950
G Neville Antiques
Antique Furniture Direct
Victorian Miniature Watercolour Portrait 1852 Signed
£ 195
Antique Furniture Direct
Antique Watercolour Neapolitan Fisherman
£ 225
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Painting Strawberry Grey Roan Hunter Horse Stable with Terrier Circle John Sargent Noble
£ 29,500
Victorian Painting Strawberry Grey Roan Hunter Horse Stable with Terrier Circle John Sargent Noble
£ 29,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Prometheus Antiques
Superb Large Oil Painting of Dogs After Landseer
£ 1,650
South Country Antiques
Antique Victorian Oil Painting Portrait
£ 450
