Victorian Portrait Oil Painting
Victorian Portrait Oil Painting
Victorian Lady
An Original Antique Oil Painting On Canvas, Portrait of a Woman. English School. Mid 19th Century. Signed J Henry, dated 1845.
Dimensions: 77cm width x 91cm height
Description:
A distressed but beautifully evocative mid nineteenth century oil painting on canvas portrait of a woman in period dress, wearing a floral decorated lace bonnet. Signed verso J Henry 1845. London canvas makers mark present.
Highly decorative and of time worn condition this piece is presented in its original found state with no restoration. There is some flaking and paint loss to the right hand side background and fine natural craquelure due to drying and age process over the past one hundred and seventy years. (please examine photographs). Unframed.