An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine There is an old paper

There is an old paper label pinned to the inner dress reading ‘darrow rawhide head doll made c

He invented a printing technique known as relief etching and used it to print most of his poetry

there is a good marble copy signed by Matthew Noble and dated 1866 and this example would have been a revival of those that preceded it

especially the rare Darrow rawhide varieties

Both show a good level of skill with the whites to the eyes and the texture of the skin both well rendered

An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine There is an old paperOrigin: UnknownPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 45Height: 34. 5Width: 29. 5Depth: 1. 5The well realised half length depiction of Sarah Goring (nee Archer), in oils on canvas laid to board, clad in period dress, being a white lace dress with scarlet shawl, seated on a red armchair and looking out to the viewer, the whole presented in its original moulded gilt frame, the work surviving from start of Queen Victorias reign. The