Two unusual portraits from United Kingdom. These were sold at auction. They are different because they are not profiles. Otherwise they match the pattern used by the other Wybrant images; girl holding flower and basket, boy holding hat.

They were dated Wybrant Artist 1854.  Again that date contradicts his being in the United States (in 1855). There are also paintings in Fehrens Art Gallery in Hull from the 1854-1855 time period.  I am not sure how to resolve the two locations. Either Wybrant painted in two places (meaning trips back and forth between U.S. and U.K.) or else he took paintings with him from the U.S. to the U.K.

The paintings in Fehrens Art Gallery were supposed to have been for a magazine, according to an email I received from them.

Speculation follows: It would make sense for him to collect travel paintings for a magazine. He could paint in the United States until 1855, and return to the United Kingdom with some of his works.