After serving as a Regular in the Royal Artillery for 31 years, during which time he served all over the world, the proprietor of Chantry Fine Arts became a military civil servant for a further 15 years based in Whitehall. From his early days he had been a collector with wide-ranging tastes, but on final retirement moved into full time dealing concentrating on art, at first with English watercolours and drawings and then broadening this sphere. The business of Chantry Fine Arts has been in existence  for 25 years jointly owned by Brian Forsyth and wife Kathie, and  is split two ways. The principal part  is portraiture with special interest in 18th/19th century representation by well known artists such as Kneller, Hudson, Cotes and their like, through to Margaret Carpenter, John Watson Gordon and Maude Neale.  The other side of the business is more general although it includes a range of miniature portraits and other art. Because full-size portraits are so vulnerable to carry, most remain at base and can be viewed by appointment. The smaller stock is displayed at Fairs such as the Antiques for Everyone Fairs at the N.E.C, the Royal Horticultural Hall Vincent Square London. We also have  a small stock at the Godfrey Van Arcade, 105, Portobello Road, London , shared with an ex-army friend Dudley Heathcote of the Dusmet Gallery. Examples of our portraiture stock are shown on this web-site, with full descriptions available on request. We welcome email and telephone enquiries and  you can arrange viewing by appointment.