A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Moustachioed Gentleman c.1870-80 antiques and they were skilled carpenters

and they were skilled carpenters

The printed Union Jack flag in soft thin cotton is in worn but generally sound order with a lovely consistent gentle fade across the fabric

presumed husband and wife

all surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century

and there are similar columns to be found at columns at Selby Abbey

A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Moustachioed Gentleman c.1870-80 antiques and they were skilled carpentersOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 80 The Canvas: 22 high x 18 wide In Frame: 26. 75 high x 22. 75 wide x 1. 75 deep The half length portrait of a dashing French gentleman, probably in his late thirties, having a well groomed goatee beard and moustache, and looking out towards the viewer, painted in oils on canvas to a dark ground, the sitter shown in formal dress of a black blazer with a white collared under garment