Portrait of Miss Iza Duffus Hardy

The painting shows a portrait of a woman sitting on a chair with upholstery, decorated with a floral pattern. She is wearing a dark long-sleeved dress with an orange scarf or bedspread. She looks thoughtful and directs her gaze away from the painting. Her hair is tied back and she has a delicate chain around her neck.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was an English painter and versatile artist. He came from a poor family. He was to become a sailor, like his father. For his extraordinary talent in copying the works of old masters ( Cloak of Many Colours, Elias and Son), he was signed up for and accepted at the academy. In the 1840s, his great admirer Dante Gabriel Rossetti asked him to be his master. Brown accepted this offer, which led him to the Pre-Raphaelite club, which inspired him through bright colours and a realistic style. In 1851, after a long period of public indifference to his works, he painted his most famous work, Lambs. His main achievement, however, is a cycle of 12 paintings in the Great Hall of the Manchester townhouse, which depicts the history of the city. The whole job took six years and was Brown’s last work.