A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth Frink

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A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth FrinkOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: The Estate of Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930 1993) Date: c. 1860 Height: 35. 25 Width: 30. 75 The unframed half length portrait in oils on canvas of a middle to late aged gentleman reading a book held aloft, the whole of good size, the sitter with greying hair, a wiry build and strong facial features, depicting reading to allay an intellectual appearance, wearing a dark blazer and waistcoat to brown

all kinds of overshoes were worn

Maclean Formula Stomach Tablets’

back and sides with all-over decoration to include line decoration and ribbon tied floral swags

greatly revered in Satanism and witchcraft and the floral swags represent obvious themes of growth and nature

36 horse machine entitled ‘The Savage… Steam Gallopers’ in crimson circus block script top left

Most likely provincially made by a local crafter

The vases are in pretty good order save one chip to one of the rims whereby a 2 cms section is absent

The condition is good to fine aside from some stain to the more vulnerable fabric border

The specimens themselves are in relatively good condition given their brittleness and fragility and age

the first layer of paper dating to 1866

these baskets simply encapsulate the Regency period

is the only known contemporary painting of the Coronation of Louis XIV