• The Weiss Gallery is proud to be exhibiting again at Frieze Masters this week (14- 18 October).
     
    After a triumphant return last year, we are delighted to be returning to Regents Park this autumn to participate in one of the world's most pioneering art fairs.
     
    Our newly designed stand for this year's edition will be focussed on quintessentially British portrait paintings, with a particularly strong representation of artists associated with the late Stuart court.

    Over the past year we have been sourcing paintings with Frieze Masters in mind, including: a full-length masterpiece by Sir Godfrey Kneller, which has never been on the market; a long-lost portrait of Dr. Richard Busby, the famous headmaster of Westminster School; two hitherto unpublished portraits by John Michael Wright, arguably the most original portraitist from the Restoration period; and a new addition to the growing oeuvre of Edward Bower, which depicts a Parliamentarian colonel.
     
    This year's edition coincides with the gallery's 40th anniversary opening in London and we are proud to be representing the best of historic British portraiture with a passion and vigour unchanged since we first opened our doors in 1986.
     
     We are incredibly proud of the paintings we handle and honoured to share our passion with Frieze Masters' discerning collector base once again. Therefore, we are delighted to present you with our highlights that will be offered by us at Frieze Masters 2026.
     
    Please contact us for further information about any of these paintings.
     
    ~ Mark Weiss, Charlie Mackay, and Flora Crichton-Stuart

  • Kneller's Muse: Lady Betty Cromwell

    A full-length masterpiece within a glorious hand-carved rococo frame
    With near-unbroken family provenance since it was painted in 1702, we are privileged to be handling this veritable masterpiece by...

    With near-unbroken family provenance since it was painted in 1702, we are privileged to be handling this veritable masterpiece by Sir Godfrey Kneller, which made its first ever public appearance at Tate Britain’s British Baroque exhibition in 2020.

     

    Click on the painting to read more about Lady Betty and the painting's remarkable frame.
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  • “Government is no other than the soul of a city or nation”: Portrait of a Parliamentarian

    An exciting new addition to the oeuvre of Edward Bower
    This highly finished likeness of a gentleman-officer, dateable to early years of the English Civil War, is an exciting addition...

    This highly finished likeness of a gentleman-officer, dateable to early years of the English Civil War, is an exciting addition to the growing oeuvre of the London-based painter Edward Bower, who is best remembered for his portraits of Parliamentarian soldiers and the uniquely dignified portraits of Charles I whilst he awaited trial for high treason.

     

    Click on the painting to learn more about Sir James Harington and his role with the London Trained Bands during the Civil War.
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  • THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE AESTHETIC

  • THE RETURN OF DR. BUSBY

    A long-lost portrait by Michael Dahl
    This long-lost portrait of Dr. Richard Busby, who is widely regarded as Britain’s most celebrated and consequential schoolmaster during the...

    This long-lost portrait of Dr. Richard Busby, who is widely regarded as Britain’s most celebrated and consequential schoolmaster during the seventeenth century, ranks amongst the earliest likenesses of him. Painted by Michael Dahl for the 2nd Earl of Oxford, it derives from a drawn likeness made by the artist’s friend Henry Tilson.

     

    Click on the painting to read more about the history of this important "original" likeness of the revered headmaster.
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  • Miniature Marvels

    A self-portrait by Henry Ferguson & A mystery boy in Polish costume
    • Henry Ferguson (1665 - 1730), Self-Portrait, Painted circa 1690

      Henry Ferguson (1665 - 1730)

      Self-Portrait, Painted circa 1690 Oil on card, oval
      3 x 2 1/8 in. (7.5 x 5.5cm.)
    • French School, An unknown boy wearing Polish costume, possibly a portrait historié, circa 1650 - 1675

      French School

      An unknown boy wearing Polish costume, possibly a portrait historié, circa 1650 - 1675 Oil on paper, laid on an oval panel
      5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. (14.4 x 11 cm.)

  • Breeches & Bonnets

    Portraits of Children from the Georgian era

  • Katherine Read's Last Paintings?

    Portraits of the artist's sister and nephews

    Possibly painted in Madras, these four portraits by the Scottish portraitist Katherine Read depict her sister and her three nephews. They rank amongst her last works, as she died during her passage home to Britain in 1778, and likely remain in their original frames.

     

    Click on each painting to learn about Katherine Read's pioneering story.
    Alexander Beatson (1759 - 1833) (View more details about this item in a popup).
    John Beatson (b. 1760) (View more details about this item in a popup).
    Robert Beatson (1758 - 1805) (View more details about this item in a popup).
    Katherine Read (1723 - 1778), Jean Beatson, née Read (b. 1730), the artist’s sister, Painted circa 1776 - 1778 (View more details about this item in a popup).

    Alexander Beatson (1759 - 1833)

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  • Before Vivienne Westwood there was Bonnie Prince Charlie

    An iconic image of the tartan-clad Jacobite rebel
    This representation of the Jacobite icon “Bonnie Prince Charlie” is known as ‘the Harlequin portrait’, on account of his distinctive...

    This representation of the Jacobite icon “Bonnie Prince Charlie” is known as ‘the Harlequin portrait’, on account of his distinctive tartan suit. At least twenty variants are recorded, mostly in Scottish  noble collections, which attests to a high degree of popularity in the period immediately following the last Jacobite rebellion in 1745.

     

    Click on the painting to learn more about the Jacobites' use of portraiture as propoganda for their cause.
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