Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of The English Naturalist Henry Baker FRS 1830s Voltz was an accomplished painter

Voltz was an accomplished painter of landscapes and animals

Held within an early 18th-century carved frame with strapwork and lotus flowers on the top edge

Overall size: 27½” x 23½” / 70cm x 59cm

which was decorated with wooden sculptures of the ‘Four Winds’ by Frederik Christian Willerup

in his ‘spare time’

Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of The English Naturalist Henry Baker FRS 1830s Voltz was an accomplished painterThis mid 18th century French oil painting depicts a middle aged gentleman standing in a room alongside a Baker Mounted Lens Microscope. Its probably the renowned English naturalist, Henry Baker FRS (1698 1774). Dressed in a long, red, collarless coat, lace trimmed shirt and waistcoat, he conveys wisdom, grace and financial security. The fashion aligns with the mid to late 1740s, when Baker was at the height of his notoriety. Born in London, Henry