Antique Oil Painting Aristocratic Portrait of John Ogle Kirkley Hall Northumbria by Sir John Hayter Ra, 1829

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An important & fine antique George IV period oil painting; a portrait of John & Sara Ogle of Kirkley Hall … Read more An important & fine antique George IV period oil painting; a portrait of John & Sara Ogle of Kirkley Hall Northumbria, England, by Sir John Hayter RA, signed & dated 1829.

Sir John Hayter (1800-1895) was a very well respected & successful portrait artist who was long lived and very prolific. This is a particularly nice example of his work, portraying a beautiful young couple seated together and discussing a document. The identities of the couple are John & Sara Ogle (1798-1831) of Kirkley Hall Northumbria, he was the son of Reverend John Saville Ogle, he married Sara Agatha Miles (1799-1830) in 1828.
The Ogle family were an aristocratic Saxon family and one of a few that survived the Norman invasion of 1066, the family were recorded in the Doomsday book. They were resident at Kirkley Hall since the very early 1600s.
The painting is on a cradled panel, there is a 19th century label to the verso with the painting's details and an old gallery label too, the painting is signed with Sir John Hayter's monogram lower right and the date of 1829. The painting is housed in the original gilded rococo frame, condition is very good indeed, this very beautiful painting is ready to grace your wall.

John Hayter RA (21 October 1800 – 3 June 1895) was an English portrait painter who was Painter-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, whom he first painted when she was 12 years old.
He was the second son of the miniaturist Charles Hayter & brother of Sir George Hayter, also a portraitist. He entered the Royal Academy schools in 1815, and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in the same year. He also exhibited work at the British Institution and the Royal Society of British Artists. Hayter established himself during the 1820s, with portraits of notable figures such as the Duke of Wellington and the opera singer, Giuditta Pasta. His portrait drawings, in chalks or crayons, became particularly popular, a number of them being engraved for The Court Album, which contained portraits of the female aristocracy (1850–57).
Hayter's paintings are housed in the National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Academy, San Francisco Art Museums, Tate Gallery, Courtauld Institute, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. The Smithsonian New York, National Library of Australia, Art Gallery of Victoria B.C. Canada, and many more prestigious galleries globally.

The painting at sight without the frame 15.50" x 17.50" See less