A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The chest is in good

The chest is in good overall order

He was elected to the RA in 1870

The Irish school depiction of a smart young boy in oils on board

in fact we’d be horrified if any was carried out

in oils on canvas and of good sizeable proportions

A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The chest is in goodOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1875 90Height: 47"Width: 37"Depth: 5"The large and wonderfully decorative stained plaster and gesso faux bois and floral crested mirror, at nigh on four feet high, the original (?) oval mercury glass mirror plate now beautifully clouded and foxed with age, encased by simulated naturalistic wood, each bound together with simulated rope, to a large floral spray with flower heads to the top