JOHN PETTIE, RA (1839-1893) PORTRAIT IN THE COSTUME OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Signed twice and dated 1875, oil on canvas 75 x 59.5cm. Exhibited: London, The Royal Academy, 1875, no.318, identified as a portrait of `Mr [George Henry] Boughton`. Boughton evidently returned the compliment: his portrait of `Master Graham Pettie: costume of the seventeenth century` was shown at the RA in 1876, no.34 ++ Lined; some associated retouching; bitumen damage and craquelure