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Emma Soyer: Rebuilding an Oeuvre

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A recorded lecture providing a brief insight into the process of rebuilding the oeuvre of female artist Emma Soyer, nee Jones (c. 1809-1842). The lecture is presented by Dominic Sanchez-Cabello and Adam Busiakiewicz and was originally devised and delivered for the Royal Academy in June 2026.

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A rediscovered portrait of Alexis Soyer by his wife Emma

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I’m joining forces with my friend Dominic Sanchez-Cabello this week in a talk at the Royal Academy, bringing to life our work on rebuilding the oeuvre of Emma Soyer (c. 1809-1842). The audience of Bendor Grosvenor’s connoisseurship course will receive our first public talk on the matter, which has...

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A Self Portrait by John Westbrooke Chandler Reappears

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I was very pleased to spot a misattributed Self Portrait by John Westbrooke Chandler whilst scrolling through the newly digitized Witt Library the other week. This portrait, which clearly relates to another signed version which sold at Christie’s a few years ago, was parading around as a work...

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Further Observations on Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII

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Further to my recent blog post regarding the rediscovery of Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII I have had the opportunity to go and see the picture first-hand in Warwick’s Shire Hall (pictured). This short follow-up is dedicated to capturing some interesting observations I have made....

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Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII Reidentified

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Strange discoveries can happen at any moment, it appears. This is especially the case when your eyes are particularly honed in on gilt frames that feature in the corners of photographs of peoples’ homes on social media. It happened today whilst I was scrolling at speed through ‘X’ (formerly...

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The Marquess of Hertford’s John Westbrooke Chandler

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Picture: Tennants If you spend enough time on ArtNet you will make discoveries. You might also occasionally rediscover paintings that you thought were long lost, albeit being sold under different names and having lost their accompanying identities and information. This is a portrait by John...

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Reattributed pictures to John Westbrooke Chandler

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A brief list of paintings reattributed to John Westbrooke Chandler (1763/4–1807) which I have compiled over the past few years. John Westbrooke Chandler, Maria Walpole, Countess Waldegrave and later Duchess of Gloucester. Oil on canvas, 124 x 106 cm. The Huntington Library, California....

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