Portrait of a girl with a dove
Oil on canvas
Enclosed in a gilt frame
James Sant, CVO, RA (English, 1820-1916) was a portrait and genre painter. He was a pupil of John Varley (1778-1842) and Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, RA (1779-1844). He was elected the Associate of the Royal Academy in 1861, becoming a Full Member in 1869. He was appointed Official Portrait Painter to Queen Victoria in 1872. He painted portraits of The Royal Family which are today in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
He exhibited 247 works at the Royal Academy and 12 at the British Institution.
Examples of his works can be seen at The Royal Academy, London; the Tate Gallery; the National Portrait Gallery; the Wallace Collection; and the Bristol City Art Gallery.

Dimensions:25½ x 25½ inches (65 x 65 cm.)