Portrait of a Gentleman Gold Silver & Bronze Now this is something else

Now this is something else

Feliks Topolski RA (1907-1989)

unrecognisable to collectors of his late twentieth century croft houses

The artists who filled those pages were household names in their day and none more so than Phil May

However in the mid-1950s he met the 16 year old Claire while she was working as an artists model

Portrait of a Gentleman Gold Silver & Bronze Now this is something elseAnother painting Ive owned for more than a decade, a superb quality portrait by an unknown artist from the second half of the eighteenth century. I think originally I felt Id just discover it was by a celebrated court artist of the day and pay off my mortgage but its clearly not as easy as Philip Mould makes it look. I still love the image though, an immaculate courtier, with a wry look and something of a military demeanour, or perhaps thats just the