Philip Mould & Co.

Philip Mould & Co. 500 Years of British art Philip Mould & Company are a leading specialist dealer in British art and Old Masters.

Our gallery is a new three-storied space in Pall Mall. We have a large selection of fine paintings for sale, from Tudor and Jacobean panel pictures to eighteenth-century landscapes, as well as works by Old Masters such as Titian and Van Dyck, antique portrait miniatures and nineteenth-century and modern British art. We also host regular exhibitions, with loans from national and international insti

tutions. Philip Mould OBE has specialised in British art for thirty years and is regarded as the foremost expert in British portraiture. He works closely with private collectors and institutions to build their art collections and is widely consulted by the media. Our specialist on portrait miniatures is Emma Rutherford, who was previously head of the miniature department at Bonhams, and before that worked at the V&A. She is one of the most widely respected portrait miniature specialists, and has published extensively on the subject.

Today, as we mark 29 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, we look at this meticulously finished preparator...
31/08/2026

Today, as we mark 29 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, we look at this meticulously finished preparatory drawing by Bryan Organ. It is the most finished of four drawing studies for his 1981 acrylic portrait of the Princess as Lady Diana Spencer, currently in the National Portrait Gallery's collection [swipe left].

Organ's psychological insight is telling since this portrait reveals the particular strengths of the future Princess’s character, which were at the time unexplored, whilst contemporary photographs emphasise youth and naivety.

Organ’s Diana certainly depicts a woman on the cusp of great power, influence, and beauty, but is immeasurably different in that her life was played out before a global audience who, for sixteen years, never lost a ravenous appetite for pictures and information of her. The possibilities and pitfalls of such exposure were a dominant feature of her life and as a result, whatever controversy she may have excited, her image is unquestionably one of the great icons of the twentieth century.

For enquiries, please contact the gallery.

Bryan Organ (b. 1935)
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), 1981
Pencil on paper
24 x 19 in. (62 x 49.4 cm)

(Figure: Bryan Organ, Diana, Princess of Wales, 1981 © National Portrait Gallery, London)

Have you watched The Odyssey?This picture by Ernest Procter takes us back to the moment that started it all.In Greek myt...
27/08/2026

Have you watched The Odyssey?

This picture by Ernest Procter takes us back to the moment that started it all.

In Greek mythology, Paris, prince of Troy, was asked to decide who was the fairest of three goddesses: Hera, Athena or Aphrodite. His prize was a golden apple, inscribed ‘for the fairest’. His choice of Aphrodite, and the promise she made him in return, would ultimately lead to the abduction of Helen and the outbreak of the Trojan War.

Painted in the 1920s by Ernest Procter, a leading figure of the Newlyn School in Cornwall, The Judgement of Paris captures the deceptively calm moment before it all goes very wrong. Paris holds the apple as the three goddesses await his verdict, their elongated, statuesque figures arranged with what one contemporary critic described as the ‘still formality of a Greek frieze’.

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Ernest Procter (1886-1935)
The Judgement of Paris, c. 1927
Oil and gold paint on board
24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.8 cm)

This lyrical portrait of Jane Bryan of Cong, Co. Galway, was painted by Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), a gifted but now la...
24/08/2026

This lyrical portrait of Jane Bryan of Cong, Co. Galway, was painted by Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), a gifted but now largely overlooked British artist. Trained by her father, the engraver Jonathan Spilsbury, and later under Sir William Beechey, Spilsbury exhibited extensively between 1792 and 1813 and became particularly admired for her portraits of children.

Although very little can be gleaned about the sitter, we do know that a family by this name lived in Castletown townland, near Cong village in Cong civil parish, in the 1850s. The composition suggests that the young sitter had a strong connection to this area of Ireland, as it includes a background resembling the terrain visible from the western side of the narrow strip of land separating Lough Mask from Lough Corrib, between Cong and the village of Maum. The region was widely regarded as one of Ireland’s most picturesque and historically resonant destinations, lying some 121 miles west of Dublin. Another portrait by Spilsbury, Miss Jackson of Enniscoe, County Mayo (c.1814–1819), further attests to the artist’s familiarity with the vistas and atmosphere of the west of Ireland.

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Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820)
Portrait of Jane Bryan of Cong, Co. Galway, c.1814-1819
Oil on canvas
29 3/8 x 22 7/8 in. (74.5 x 58 cm)

Our research really does take us everywhere.Following in the footsteps of a 19th-century English artist who lived on the...
21/08/2026

Our research really does take us everywhere.

Following in the footsteps of a 19th-century English artist who lived on the banks of the Demerara River, our researcher Valeria has shed new light on two rare paintings depicting Guyana’s Indigenous peoples.

Exciting developments to come.

Meet our new intern, Pandora!Pandora recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh and spent a year at the Univers...
20/08/2026

Meet our new intern, Pandora!

Pandora recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh and spent a year at the University of Amsterdam. Her dissertation looked at witchcraft trials in 17th century England, exploring how printed texts shaped ideas around witchcraft, from East Anglia all the way to Salem.

She’s pictured here with an Italian landscape by Arthur Lett-Haines, who lived with Cedric Morris at Benton End in Suffolk, an area close to home for Pandora.

We’re delighted to have her with us!

‘Every movement of the brush on the canvas alters the shape and implications of the image. That is why real painting is ...
11/08/2026

‘Every movement of the brush on the canvas alters the shape and implications of the image. That is why real painting is a mysterious and continuous struggle with chance.’ – Francis Bacon on Matthew Smith.

Smith was a vehement colourist and a crucial proponent of post-impressionist art in Britain. His paintings, celebrated by modern titans such as Roger Fry and Francis Bacon, are governed by their sweeping brushstrokes and bold development of fauvist colours.

In 1911, Smith studied under Henri Matisse in Paris at the Académie Matisse (a private and non-commercial school that operated from 1908 until 1911) – the same year that Matisse was producing works such as The Red Studio. The influence of post-impressionist colour theory sustained a steady influence throughout Smith’s career, as evidenced in Still Life with Green Leaves.

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Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
Still Life with Green Leaves, 1940s
Oil on canvas
23 x 28 ½ in. (58.5 x 72.5 cm)

FREUD OR FRAUD?Tonight on Philip and Fiona investigate 15 unsigned prints discovered in a Somerset garage.Could they b...
06/08/2026

FREUD OR FRAUD?

Tonight on Philip and Fiona investigate 15 unsigned prints discovered in a Somerset garage.

Could they be previously unknown etchings by Lucian Freud or are they ingenious fakes? Join the search as technical analysis, family archives and Freud's own circle help uncover the truth.

Tune in at 8pm tonight on BBC One!

Cedric Morris travelled extensively throughout his life and the landscapes he painted on his trips abroad form an import...
04/08/2026

Cedric Morris travelled extensively throughout his life and the landscapes he painted on his trips abroad form an important part of his extensive oeuvre.

Painted in the rolling mountainous range of the Serra de Monchique, this landscape captures the calm and healing climate for which the region is so well renowned. It was painted during Morris’ first trip to Portugal with Lett and artist-plantswoman Primrose Harley in 1950. He returned many times, often in the company of plantsman and lover Nigel Scott; these trips were primarily plant-hunting expeditions, although Morris always prioritised time to paint the surrounding landscapes. Preferring to work directly with oil paint on canvas, Morris rarely sketched his compositions in advance, meaning that almost all his canvases were painted en plein air whilst travelling.

Don't miss this landscape in the 's show Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint, on view until 20 September 2026.

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Cedric Morris (1889-1982)
Landscape, Cork Oaks on Monchique Algarve, 1950
Oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 24 in. (76 x 61 cm)

Tonight on Philip and Fiona investigate a colourful landscape thought to be by Fauvist master André Derain. The final ...
30/07/2026

Tonight on Philip and Fiona investigate a colourful landscape thought to be by Fauvist master André Derain.

The final gift of a former Kindertransport child, the painting could raise hundreds of thousands for charity. But is it a lost Derain, or a dastardly forgery?

Tune in at 8pm tonight on BBC One!

23/07/2026

Is this the only example of an Indian subject done by a Western woman painter in the late 18th century?

Find out on Fake or Fortune? at 8pm tonight whether this is a lost work by Katherine Read, who spent the last year of her life in Madras.

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