Alfred S. Bishop, Portrait of a gentleman late Biedermeier half-length portrait of a standing younger man, with luxuriant favoris, in frock coat, holding a letter in his right hand, fine glazed portrait painting in restrained studio tone, oil on canvas, circa 1860, signed and locally inscribed on the letter "Alfred S. Bishop Ware - Hert. [Hertfordshire]", craquelure, missing part in canvas, in need of restoration, framed in original gold stucco frame (rest.bed.), folding dimensions approx. 109 x 86,5 cm. Artist info: British portrait and genre painter (mentioned 1861-1889), at times probably in London, active in Ware in Hertfordshire, source: AKL, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon", info on painting and Internet.

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