Walter Dendy Sadler RBA, The Introduction Miniature This fine early 17th-century bust-length

This fine early 17th-century bust-length portrait

During the 1860s/70s

The portrait is signed/dated and housed within a period frame that’s probably its original

Large skies

His childhood was spent on the Gumley Hall Estate in Leicestershire

Walter Dendy Sadler RBA, The Introduction Miniature This fine early 17th-century bust-lengthThis charming late 19th century oil painting by English artist Walter Dendy Sadler RBA (1854 1923) depicts an introduction between a demure young Regency lady and her potential suitor. Sadler was an ingenious, highly appreciated painter of witty genre scenes and a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. On the left, a proud father, upstanding in his tailcoat, waistcoat and cravat, gently holds the gloved hand of his apprehensive daughter. She