WOLFRAM ONSLOW-FORD (BRITISH 1879-1956) Portrait of a young gentleman Signed and dated W Onslow Ford 1926 (lower left) Oil on board 37.5 x 27.5cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/4in) The present work was probably painted in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, where Onslow-Ford lived in the 1920s. The son of the sculptor Edward Onlsow Ford and the uncle of California Surrealist Gordon Onslow-Ford, he studied at the Royal Academy Schools, London and specialised in portraiture. His work shows the influence of Whistler, who was a family friend. He exhibited at the Baillie Gallery, the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery and the Royal Academy.