A Fine Early 19thC English Naïve School Portrait of an Infant c.1830

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A Fine Early 19thC English Naïve School Portrait of an Infant c.1830Origin: English Period: Early Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1828 1840 Canvas Height: 10 inches Canvas Width: 8. 5 inches The Whole: 16 X 14. 5 inches The William IV period oil on board, painted in the nave style, depicting an infant to bust with pale blue eyes and lace dress on a tan coloured and oval shaped ground with gadrooned border, the outer corners in midnight green, the whole presented in its original laurel leaf gilt

with standing winged creatures in each corner

obviously the fair hand of the shopkeeper whose sign this was

but the whole is sound and with a superb colour and patination

to prevent infection spreading through the body from injuries and wounds

which stick in the mind

Shiraz pieces are generally more loosely knotted than

showing the artists name top left

The bar dates from c

some rare foxing

and the teeth remain in tact with most of the skin still lustrous

powder and a small amount of money

in other areas of the world