Group Portrait of the Princess Ayse Osmanoglu & Family
Family potrait in Ottoman Court Dress
Michael Alford has recently completed a large commission to paint Princess Ayse Osmanoglu and her family, in Turkish Court dress; the family had posed in the grounds of their English home, and for sitting wore versions of
documented original Edwardian dress, the originals of which were too delicate or valuable to be worn. The result is a painting that combines domesticity and formality, echoing the style of eighteenth century portraiture.
