‘My Dear Love…’
Oil on canvas: 18x22 in. (frame: 34x28 in.) Original decorative frame, re-gilded.
PRICE GUIDE £6,000-£10,000

Biography

James Sant was one of the most celebrated portraitists of his time. He was appointed portrait painter to Queen Victoria in 1872.A pupil of John Varley and A.W. Callcott .Exhibited at R.A.1840-1904, elected R.A. 1869

As a portrait painter James Sant enjoyed the patronage of many noble and landed families, and portraits by him can be seen in many English country houses today.Sant was noted for not signing his very distinctive work, which was often in oval form.