After Sir Anthony van Dyck; A Mid-19thC Watercolour Portrait of a Gentleman Putting on his Gloves c.1830-40 poa-item elegant and self-assured

elegant and self-assured

jaunty and playful

The most remarkable life-casting artist was Madame Tussaud

he founded a publishing company in NYC and this was one of his products

The life of papier-mâché toys in Europe was fairly short lived as folk soon realised that they were not robust enough and turned to other stronger materials such as composition and wood

After Sir Anthony van Dyck; A Mid-19thC Watercolour Portrait of a Gentleman Putting on his Gloves c.1830-40 poa-item elegant and self-assuredOrigin: English Period: William IV Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 40 Height: 14 Width: 11. 5 Depth: 1 (all in frame) The well realised watercolour, after the painting by Van Dyck of a Gentleman putting his gloves on, which he painted c. 1618 19, the whole deftly painted to a rusty ground, the work housed in the original good quality 19th century interpretation of a Rococo frame and surviving from the William IV to early Victorian