L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i



Friday, September 19, 2014

William Sydney Mount and his brother, two portraits, 1831 and 1832


The artist at twenty-five, a self-portrait of 1832.
The artist's eldest brother, Henry Smith Mount, a sign painter, 1831.  William had begun his art career as Henry's apprentice.

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(I recently posted about William Sydney Mount's beautiful genre portraits here.)






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