Missing portraits

[colinc]

Some time ago in a thread I mentioned that I was working on a web site devoted to what are sometimes called 'orphan' portraits by art historians and someone asked me to post details when it was done.

Well, it is, and at the risk of breaking any rules about promoting other sites [even not-for-profit, or even very-big-loss web sites!] my site is now up and running at www.MissingPortraits.info.

Traffic is slow, so you can be among the first! It has had good professional crits:
‘Many congratulations indeed. Superb and full of interest. A huge achievement. I have put a link on my blog … For now, all the very best and renewed congratulations’ from Robin Simon, FSA, DLitt. Editor, The British Art Journal, Visiting Professor, Dept of English, University College London is but one.

If any one on the list has a reproduction of a portrait whose original has go AWOL I'd been glad to add it to the site. Incidentally, even if you have no reproduction of the painting, a photo of the sitter could be used as a stand-in.

Cheers, Colin

[martha]

Some time ago in a thread I mentioned that I was working on a web site devoted to what are sometimes called 'orphan' portraits by art historians and someone asked me to post details when it was done.

Well, it is, and at the risk of breaking any rules about promoting other sites [even not-for-profit, or even very-big-loss web sites!] my site is now up and running at www.MissingPortraits.info.

Traffic is slow, so you can be among the first! It has had good professional crits:
‘Many congratulations indeed. Superb and full of interest. A huge achievement. I have put a link on my blog … For now, all the very best and renewed congratulations’ from Robin Simon, FSA, DLitt. Editor, The British Art Journal, Visiting Professor, Dept of English, University College London is but one.

If any one on the list has a reproduction of a portrait whose original has go AWOL I'd been glad to add it to the site. Incidentally, even if you have no reproduction of the painting, a photo of the sitter could be used as a stand-in.

Cheers, Colin

Colin, I love the way you did your site! It provided me with a real thrill to read about and see the portraits and to see the fine weaving of genealogy into each story. Hats off, or as we say in Hebrew, Kol Ha'kvod!!

Martha

[colinc]

Colin, I love the way you did your site! It provided me with a real thrill to read about and see the portraits and to see the fine weaving of genealogy into each story. Hats off, or as we say in Hebrew, Kol Ha'kvod!!

Martha

Thank you for the כל הכבוד Martha! It is very much appreciated.

Do pass the link on - as a matter of curiosity I only have one Israeli flag on the About page [http://www.resurgam.info/MissingPortraits/Home/aboutthissite.html] and that has been there some time from an art-historian at Haifa University ...

Cheers, Colin