A 19thC English School Oil on Board Portrait of a Gentleman c.1870 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope These gilded frames were originally

These gilded frames were originally placed on the altar only during Mass and contain prayers that the priest should recite

This well-made chest has obvious signs of use: there are old scuffs and the paintwork has naturally distressed a little in the appropriate areas

the metal now worn with an attractive patination of rusting and wear to the paint survives from the first quarter of twentieth century France

Provenance: D

A 19thC English School Oil on Board Portrait of a Gentleman c.1870 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope These gilded frames were originallyOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 The Work: 23. 5 high x 19. 5 wide In Frame: 31 h x 27 w x 2. 5 d The shoulder length portrait of a handsome English gentleman, of middle age, sensitively executed, the sitter being clean shaven and looking out towards the viewer, painted in oils on board to a dark ground, the sitter shown in formal dress of an overcoat with a white collared under garment and cravat and silver pin,