John Vanderbank
(British, 1694-1739)

"Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor", 1726

pair of oils on canvas
each signed and dated mid left.
One unframed, the other in a Georgian gesso and giltwood frame.
30" x 25", framed 35-1/4" x 31"

Mrs. Taylor - previously relined and edges trimmed; small areas of inpainting upper center (face) and lower right and left (sleeves and background) and darker areas between sleeves and bodice; repaired damage and inpainting upper left (background above head); areas of inpainting along edges and upper center (background and hair by neck); surface abrasions lower right. No Frame. Charles Taylor - previously restored, relined, and edges trimmed; surface abrasions along edges; small areas of inpainting upper center (face); areas of inpainting lower center (jacket) and background, mid right (background). Antique gilt frame: surface marks, nicks and abrasions.