Circle of Henry Scott Tuke; An Oil on Canvas Study of a Nude Boy c.1890 sub-Mirrors & Lighting unrestored and surviving from the

unrestored and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France

Provenance: Formerly of the Studio of Franklin Watkins (1894-1972)

inscribed below a cross with the IHS monogram (standing for the first three letters of Jesus' name in the Greek alphabet) with `Gods Gifts to Man` to the lower section

The case is original but has seen better days with the top detached from the lower and the leather strap with losses

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Circle of Henry Scott Tuke; An Oil on Canvas Study of a Nude Boy c.1890 sub-Mirrors & Lighting unrestored and surviving from theOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890Height: 16. 75Width: 18Depth: 1Painted within the circle of Henry Scott Tuke (1858 1929), in oils on canvas, the wonderfully salient study of a nude boy, shown standing, half length in profile, with one arm raised to a dark ground and within probably what is the original gilt composition gadrooned frame and surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The pictures canvas