Richard Wilkinson, British School Companion Portraits Black The composition is close to

The composition is close to several works by the Neapolitan painter

The etching is printed onto vellum and a version of the same was previously exhibited at the Royal Academy

It was painted towards the end of his life when he was a master of impressionistic brushwork

As you can see

Richard Wilkinson, British School Companion Portraits Black The composition is close toThis utterly charming pair of portraits by artist, Richard Wilkinson, depict a married couple. She wears an off the shoulder black evening dress that tucks in at the middle and opens out into a bell shape. While he wears a black suit with a waistcoat and cravat. The styles match those typically worn in the late 1830s, early 1840s. Both are seated before a landscape, which was probably imagined by the artist or taken from a prop. Her backdrop includes