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Note how he’s divided the view into distinct colours - with the sea a simple gradient of blue
Overall size: 34” x 39” / 86cm x 99cm
The portrait is housed within a mid-19th-century frame that could be the original
he had moved to Algiers where he remained for the rest of his life
With naturalistic precision
Frederick William Davis RBA RBSA, A Lost Fortune Small Note how he’s divided theThis late 19th century oil painting by British artist Frederick William Davis RBA RBSA (1862 1919) depicts a seated cavalier with a carefree attitude smoking a long clay pipe. Hes holding a letter in his left hand. Davis was an accomplished painter of figures and genre scenes. Heres a man whos lost it all, leaning back nonchalantly, puffing smoke into the air, with a half filled jug of beer alongside. His wide brimmed hat rests in the foreground,