George III Painting on Glass after Henry Bunbury

£2,400

An exquisite George III reverse glass painting depicting a turbaned supplicant kneeling before a flower-decked neo-classical altar, within an oval with the title The Temple of the Sun. Presented in the original giltwood frame

Height 39.5 cm (15.5 inches)
Width 32.5 cm (12.75 inches)
English circa. 1790

Henry William Bunbury, 1750 – 1811, published his Arabian Nights Entertainment series, on which the present painting is based, in 1785

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