A 19thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Contemplative Gentleman c.1870

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A 19thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Contemplative Gentleman c.1870Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 21Width: 17The bust length portrait of a contemplative and pensive gentleman in his older years, wearing a skull cap, and with his hand resting to his face, the whole on swirling dark ground, painted in oils on canvas and remaining unframed and unrestored and surviving from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The picture remains in original though unrestored condition

could not afford the extensive kitchen staff found in the great houses

and of exceptional colour and texture

the Seychelles

We think it made for purpose

who produced 'opaque porcelain' in all the usual services for dinner

prominent nose and

the walnut veneer has knocking and wear to the top finish though we rather like this as its nice and authentic

The earliest illustrations known of spinning wheels come from Baghdad in 1237 and China in around 1270 with Europe at c

the whole on a draught turned circular base and hailing from the collection of items removed from the former milliners shop of Annie Gold

The pair of oils on canvas

they may just be good tourist pieces with the Grand Tour style coming to mind

he symbolises himself as the ‘Doctor of the Church’