A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics the sitter with a full

the sitter with a full head of black hair and lambchop sideburns

We have seen one other fairly similar example

They no visible repairs to speak of which is good considering the age and the fragility of the feet and beaks

The elaborately carved and later ebonised jardinière stand

The Armchairs:

A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics the sitter with a fullOrigin: French, Lille Area Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 21. 75 Width: 18. 25 The hugely atmospheric bust length portrait of a dashing young French gentleman having short dark hair and long moustache, and looking directly out to the viewer, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter shown in a black over garment with a white collared under garment, the work with a ruled border and being signed top right in calligraphed