A Late 18thC English School Oil on Canvas of a Gentleman c.1780 sub-Decorative Objects opening a gallery so that

opening a gallery so that the public could come in to see the daguerreotypes of “hookers

the sitter wanted this bond to be captured and preserved

In superb overall original condition

Increasingly difficult to find

the picture accompanied by a mid-twentieth century black and white photograph of the painting with annotated notes of research

A Late 18thC English School Oil on Canvas of a Gentleman c.1780 sub-Decorative Objects opening a gallery so thatOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780Height: 12Width: 9. 5The head and shoulders portrait in rectangular form of a noble gentleman (1737 1809) of distinguished standing, painted in oils on canvas to an inner oval with pea green ground, the sitter in formal dress with taffeta cravatte and medal, the whole being uncleaned and unrestored and surviving from Georgian period England. The portrait remains in completely original