James Sant, Esq., , 1870. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. 'The fancy subjects of Mr. Sant's choice selected from child-life, accounts further for the "specialty" he has established as a painter of children. The successful painter of children almost invariably succeeds also in rendering the beauty and grace of womanhood; and such has been the case with Mr. Sant. But his successes have also often extended to the male sex, thanks to the manly vigour and effectiveness of his [His] portraits of a large proportion of those of th
James Sant, Esq., , 1870. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. 'The fancy subjects of Mr. Sant's choice selected from child-life, accounts further for the "specialty" he has established as a painter of children. The successful painter of children almost invariably succeeds also in rendering the beauty and grace of womanhood; and such has been the case with Mr. Sant. But his successes have also often extended to the male sex, thanks to the manly vigour and effectiveness of his [His] portraits of a large proportion of those of the leading aristocracy. Two of the Royal children were painted by command of his late Royal Highness; and the painter's last works - Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice - were executed by command of the Queen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.
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