An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage within a broad blue border

within a broad blue border painted with acanthus

Today he is best known for his portraits of French writers

gradually becoming reddish-brown

with its attendant noise and unpredictability

Stained glass windows were used predominantly in churches

An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage within a broad blue borderOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 The Frame: 5 deep x 16 wide x 17 high The Picture: 8 x 6. 75 The extravagant five inch deep swept gesso gilt frame with an aged and distressed gold leaf finish, in the Louis XV revival style, with a gadrooned inner border housing a well realised atmospheric English School mixed media on card, glazed, and depitcing a street scene with figures and church and cathedral spire