A Mid 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860 sub-Antiques the resulting raw material could

the resulting raw material could be carved and polished and was intended to be japanned and inlaid with mother-of-pearl

After that

and expected

The popular pantomime required frequent and smooth trick scenery changes for spectacular and magical effects such as trees growing out of rocks

we believe too much quality and not enough accuracy in its carving to be a twentieth century piece with its wear to the stone commensurate with an eighteenth century period dial

A Mid 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860 sub-Antiques the resulting raw material couldOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 The Canvas: 24. 25 high x 19. 75 wide In Frame: 34. 5 high x 30. 5 wide x 2. 75 deep The half length portrait of a discerning middle aged French gentleman having a goatee beard and moustache, and looking out towards the distance, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter shown in a thick black overcoat with a white collared under garment, the work presented in its original chunky ebonised