19th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Gentleman attributed to famed American Portrait Artist Charles Loring Elliott (1812 – 1868) | Oil on Canvas mounted on board | 19th Century American School | An oval portrait of a society gentleman | Housed in its beautiful original ornate gold gilded gesso wood frame.

Dimensions: Approx. Size: Image 24″ H x 20″ W; Frame 30" H x 25" W

Artist or Maker: Charles Loring Elliott (1812 – 1868)(attr.)

Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel

Date: 19th Century

About the Artist: Charles Loring Elliot, born in 1812, became an important American portrait painter. He studied with John Quidor in New York City. From 1829-39, Elliott worked as an itinerant portrait painter across Central New York. After 1839, his work shifted primarily to NYC, where he became the premiere portraitist, succeeding Henry Inman. Among his famous sitters was James Fennimore Cooper. Elliott was able to capture individual characteristics in a straightforward manner, with little idealism or decoration. The viewerÂ’s exclusive attention is directed on the subject without distraction, usually in a neutral background. Elliott painted many prominent writers, artists and politicians of his time. He exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design, NYC, regularly and was elected an associate in 1845. Elliott died in 1868. [Biography from Caldwell Gallery Hudson].

Painting is in very good + condition, laid on board. Frame has a repaired crack to middle right of portrait (See photographs)

30 x 25 in