A Mid-19thC European School Oval Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles More crucially with regards to

More crucially with regards to this work

Like marionettes the puppeteers pull strings to make the puppets move and these puppets would have worn richly coloured bright clothes

some good early examples bore carved initials of the owner or the name of the family

Even amongst the bleeding

A Mid-19thC European School Oval Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles More crucially with regards toOrigin: European Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Canvas Height: 8 inches Canvas Width: 6. 25 inches In Frame: 13. 75 x 10. 5 inches The well depicted three quarter depiction on board of a young to middle aged lady in a neutral contemplative pose survives from the first half of the nineteenth century and is presented in its original carved & gilt painted softwood frame depicting large birds and floral pierced