Richard MacConnell

English portrait painter active in the late 1700s, Richard MacConnell left two oil-on-canvas works in the bundle: a Self Portrait and John Hallam. Both hang next to each other so you can compare how he mapped the fall of light across flesh and coat buttons with quiet precision. Tap Self Portrait to see the careful weave of the artist’s brushstrokes around the eyes, or swipe to John Hallam for the same crisp record of a man’s coat and cravat caught in afternoon sun.