19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Cartographer Orange was trained by him

was trained by him

Diego de Borgraf arrived in Mexico in 1640 having travelled over with Bishop Don Juan de Palafox and fellow artist Pedro Garcia Ferrer (1583–1660)

Anton Laupheimer (1848-1927)

The portrait and signed/dated in the lower right

Hugo Oehmichen was a precocious talent and quickly found his way into the Royal Academy in Dresden

19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Cartographer Orange was trained by himThis fine mid 19th century portrait depicts a dapper gentleman wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt and black necktie. A map of the West Indies rests on his desk and he holds a compass with both hands. Given the clues, its plausible that hes a cartographer and directly involved in mapping the region. There were several well admired map makers working at this time and our research is ongoing. The portrait is housed within an ornate swept