A Large Carved & Painted Oak Architectural Memorial for Henry Kitcher (1789-1857) sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage British connoisseurs labelled it garish

British connoisseurs labelled it garish and having graced the homes of aristocrats in London

plaited braid and knots

We can’t find another example of primitive or naïve painting like this executed on slate having recently been sold

the monde (finial) to the top of the hoop

usually sixteen or more (twenty four in this case)

A Large Carved & Painted Oak Architectural Memorial for Henry Kitcher (1789-1857) sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage British connoisseurs labelled it garishOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Victorian Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1857Height: 16. 5Width: 66Depth: 1. 5The large and beautifully sign written dry oak memorial, at well over five feet long, having black hand painted script with line decorated border reading Sacred to the memory of Henry Kitcher, departed this life, 16th October, 1857, aged 68 years, thy brother shall rise again, the whole surviving from the early Victorian period in original