A Very Large c.1830 Gilt Framed English Provincial School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles some with a toy bulldog

some with a toy bulldog

Gypsies worked at seasonal farm work

it was cut in two and the two halves glued back together

typically less flamboyant than fast changing fine furniture trends initiated in royal courts over past centuries

it's easy to see where the hands are attached to the workings that move them

A Very Large c.1830 Gilt Framed English Provincial School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles some with a toy bulldogOrigin: Unknown Period: Early Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 40 Canvas: 36 inches x 28 inches The Whole in Frame: 40. 75 inches x 49 inches x 5 inches The large and well realised three quarter depiction of a young and dashing gentleman in oils on canvas, clad in period dress holding a staff, presented in a wonderful gilt gesso frame survives from the first half of the nineteenth century. The picture and frame are both in