Alfred Stannard (1806–1889), Aged 19

This 1825 portrait of Alfred Stannard depicts the Norwich School painter at age nineteen, a fellow Norfolk artist captured by the elderly Beechey. The connection between portraitist and subject reflects the artistic networks of regional English painting in the early nineteenth century. The portrait reflects Beechey's extensive practice among the English gentry and professional classes, executed with the solid, dependable technique that made him widely trusted across all levels of Georgian societ

The young artist's fresh features are rendered with sympathetic warmth, the informal portrait capturing the sitter's youthful energy with Beechey's experienced hand.