March Auction
Lot 163:
Ralph Hedley (English, 1848-1913), Portrait of a Young Boy in Hunt Clothes, Oil on Canvas
Description
Oil on canvas portrait depicting a young boy dressed in formal red livery, standing in an interior setting. The subject wears a fitted red coat with brass buttons, white breeches, tall black boots, and a dark cap, holding a riding crop. The background suggests a traditional interior with drapery and architectural detailing.
The composition reflects late 19th-century British academic portraiture, with careful attention to costume detail and a restrained tonal palette. Signed lower area “R. Hedley.”
Ralph Hedley was a British painter associated with realist genre scenes and portraits of working-class and rural life in the North of England.
Presented in a painted frame.
Details
Artist: Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Signed lower area
Image size: approx. 11.5 x 17.5 in.
Framed size: approx. 14.5 x 20 in. (approx.)
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