A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Curios the camel doesn’t show any

the camel doesn’t show any signs of damage other than one repair to one hind leg meaning he is very slightly askew when stood but is still entirely presentable

whilst the front is as equally worn as the sides

meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent)

and otherwise fully detached from each other and set in their own airing courts

an uncontrived masterpiece of the timeworn

A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Curios the camel doesn’t show anyOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 24 Width: 20 The defaced portrait of a French lady in oval form, executed in pastels on paper and laid to card, wearing a navy dress with brooch clasp, her hair tied up, her face totally and intentionally damaged, on a beautiful green grey ground, the work unframed and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The photographs show clearly that there are