Remarkable Antique Portrait Oil Painting by important and well-listed British artist Arthur Trevor Haddon, R.A., RBA (English, 1864-1941) | Entitled "Ready for the Dance" | Oil on Canvas | Portrait painting | Signed and dated in lower right of canvas - 1903 | Housed in a custom ornate gold gilt gesso wood frame | Approx. Dimensions: Image: 29.5" x 24"; Frame: 42" x 36" | VeryGood + condition with craquelure to work and frame | Arthur Trevor Haddon was born in London. He won a scholarship to the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art and enrolled in 1883. Haddon also studied at the Royal Academy. Although he lived primarily in London and Cambridge, Haddon traveled to Rome, Madrid, Venice, California, South America, Hawaii, and Asia. Haddon was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1896, where he showed 178 paintings in his lifetime. He also exhibited at other principal London galleries, holding his first one-man presentation in 1902. Was also a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He is listed in “Dictionary of British Artists, Working 1900-1950” and “British Artists: 1880-1940,” as well as Benezit’s “Dictionnaire des Peintres.” He died in Cambridge on December 13, 1941 at age 77.

42 x 36 x 3.5 in