A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Antiques We assume these figures were

We assume these figures were probably an art studio project

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A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Antiques We assume these figures wereOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 24 Width: 20 The compelling and evocative unfinished oil portrait depicting an elderly woman, shown bust length and turned slightly to her left, wearing a dark headscarf or bonnet and a loosely suggested garment, with the artist having concentrated their efforts almost entirely on the face, her features rendered with surprising sensitivity, softly modelled flesh tones,