Serres Portraits
Since I'm going to be spamming you with fic about JT Serres for the rest of the week I thought you might like to see a picture of him. Strangely, for a man who came from a distinguished family of artists and had a long career as an artist himself, there are no surviving portraits of Serres. The only known image of John Thomas Serres is this small self portrait of the artist at work which appears in the corner of an aquatint of Liverpool harbour from 1797.
Liverpool From the Fort
John Thomas Serres
The image bears a certain family resemblance to John's father Dominic Serres, Marine Painter to George III, of whom several portraits survive. The National Portrait Gallery also holds the only known portrait of Olive Wilmot Serres, John's delusional wife the self styled Princess Olive of Cumberland.
Dominic Serres
Olive Wilmot Serres
Liverpool From the Fort
John Thomas Serres
The image bears a certain family resemblance to John's father Dominic Serres, Marine Painter to George III, of whom several portraits survive. The National Portrait Gallery also holds the only known portrait of Olive Wilmot Serres, John's delusional wife the self styled Princess Olive of Cumberland.
Dominic Serres
Olive Wilmot Serres