Charles Baxter (English 1809-1879) Oil on Canvas painting of Sisters. A well executed portrait painting of two young sisters seated & embracing. Also contains Some smaller paintings on the two corners of the canvas which is covered by the present frame. Please see all images. Sight measurements 25 1/2 inches wide by 30 1/4 inches long. Frame measures 31 inches wide by 37 inches long. Not signed. Please read condition report before placing your valued bid. Information on the artist: Charles Baxter was born on March 1809 and died on 10 of January 1879. He was an English portrait and subject painter known especially for his portraits of pretty young women. Baxter was born in Little Britain, London in 1809, the son of a book clasp maker, and started his career apprenticed to a bookbinder. However, he gave up this business to commence life as a professional painter, chiefly of miniatures and portraits. In 1834 he made the acquaintance of George Clint, from whom he received some valuable instruction, and in the same year exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy. In 1839 he joined the Clip stone Street Society, and studied there along with Paul Falconer Poole, William Muller, Edward Duncan (1804–1882), Joseph John Jenkins (1811–1885), Francis William Topham (1808–18), and others, who afterwards became distinguished in the profession. He became a member of the Society of British Artists in 1842, and contributed to its exhibitions many of the poetic and rustic subjects and fancy portraits upon which his reputation chiefly rests. His female heads are especially characterized by refinement of expression and purity of color.

Frame has imperfections, upon UV examination, subject with areas of in paintings & touch ups, old repair to the lower left of the canvas, not effecting the subject, age crackles & scuffs, would enhance with cleaning and re varnishing. Housed in rectangular frame with an oval opening. Not signed. Inscribed by a later hand on the stretcher. The frame not perfect, selling the Lot AS IS and in its present condition. For in Person Inspections, Please attend our preview hours before the auction or examine all the images posted online and read descriptions + conditions and email us your questions before the sale begins.