William Dennis Dring, Mary Flowers The painting is housed within

The painting is housed within an appropriate later frame

But by the 1970s

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a navy frock coat

But overall

Holmquist lived in this area and we acquired the painting from someone who knew the artist directly

William Dennis Dring, Mary Flowers The painting is housed withinThis soulful portrait by British artist William Dennis Dring (1904 1990) depicts Mary wearing a dark blue jumper and burgundy jacket. It was exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and dates to 1963. Theres a sense of movement in this piece note the slightly open mouth, as if shes about to talk, and the loose brushwork where her jacket meets the background. Dring was a notable artist with several high profile commissions including from the