T. Orr (English, 19th century), Portrait of a Solicitor

Oil on canvas, 1841, signed and dated at lower left, presented in a period gilt composition frame.

Stretcher size 37 x 28 in.; Frame dimensions 46 1/4 x 38 in.

Private Collection, Landrum, South Carolina

The sitter is depicted seated before a red drape and holding a copy of A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Philips.

Stable craquelure; stretcher marks; masking varnish visible under UV light; later gold paint to frame; repaired break to lower right corner of frame.