Frederick Daniel Hardy (British, 1826-1911), Tourist Sketches

Frederick Daniel Hardy (British 1826-1911) Tourist Sketches, an interior scene with an artist and his assistant showing a family his portfolio, signed and dated lower right ‘1882’, titled on plaque, oil on canvas, 85.5 x 113.5cm, frame 98 x 126cm

Private West Midland's estate. Part of a collection formed from the late 19th century. Thence by descent.

This subject matter is characteristic of the artists work, who specialised in genre scenes. He exhibited at the RA from 1851 to 1898. He was part of the Cranbrook Colony in Kent, which included the artist A.E.Mulready.

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