Great early portrait watercolour depicting 5 female figures , represantatives of a noble British family, it was executed 1835 by good listed English portrait painter (oil and watercolour and pastel) William Moore (1790 Birmingham - 1851) ; father of painters Albert, Edwin, Harry and landscape painter William. The artist lived and worked in York since 1827.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German), Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed and dated 1835 lower right .

Technique: watercolour on paper, original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: w 13 1/4 " x h 16 1/2 " (33,5 x 42 cm), framed w 17 1/4 " x 20 1/2 " (43,5 x 52 cm).

Condition: in very good condition