Oil by John Ballantyne

SOLD: ‘The Wardrobe Raiders” oil on board by John Ballantyne R.S.A c1860. John Ballantyne was a Scottish painter in oil, of portraits and historical genre, born at Kelso in 1815, dying Melksham (Wiltshire) in 1897. He studied at the Trustees’ Academy under Sir William Allan and Thomas Duncan, then studied in London, Paris and Rome. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Scottish Academy between 1831 and 1889.

His work is illustrated in the Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain to 1920 and the Dictionary of Victorian Painters Vol II

His work is represented in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the City of Glasgow and the City of Edinburgh Art Galleries.

The work has been professional cleaned.

AU$6,750