A Mid-19thC Continental School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden The design usually bears a

The design usually bears a stepped diamond out-line which encloses a number of stylized

a Roman deity of fire and the hearth

1st Duke of Wellington

one bat spread-eagled on a tile mount

He appears to be unmarked

A Mid-19thC Continental School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden The design usually bears aOrigin: Central European, Possibly BavarianPeriod: Mid 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 50Height: 18. 5Width: 14. 75The unframed half length depiction of an intriguing looking gentleman in his middle years, in oils on canvas, clad in a formal black overcoat and cravatte, and clutching a Panama type hat, with a mountainous background, the work surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century and in un restored condition. The picture has