Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1857 at lower right, presented in the likely original gilt composition frame.

SS 13 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.; DOA 21.5 x 19.5 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC

Holt studied at the Royal Academy of Art, where he won the silver medal in 1854. He exhibited seven pictures at the Royal Academy, twelve at the British Institution and forty at the Royal Society of British Artists.

Stable craquelure; minor chipping and loss and some re-touch to frame.

$500 - 1,000