Leakey, James, 1775 Exeter - 1865, oil on panel,... Lot 8074

Leakey, James, 1775 Exeter - 1865, oil on panel, "Study of a Lady", portrait of a wealthy English lady in elaborate three-quarter length dress in an interior, in her right hand she holds a letter while leaning on the back of a chair with her left arm, the lady is staged by the artist in front of a red velvet curtain according to the traditional distribution of roles, indicating her domestic and family position, men, on the other hand, were usually depicted in their worldly position in front of a landscape view, adhesive label on the reverse with artist's name and title, James Leakey was a British portrait painter in the style of fine painting, small portrait format, 26.5 cm x 21 cm, in a gold frame with decorative molding and acanthus leaf details