A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Mirrors & Lighting desk or serving table

desk or serving table

surrounded by scrolling foliage

Depth: 9” (at extremity)

then Ambassador to Great Britain

the rectangular carcass having iron strapwork and hinges

A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Mirrors & Lighting desk or serving tableOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 2nd EmpireProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1862Height: 9. 5"Width: 12. 75"The charming depiction in oils on canvas, painted impasto and in the provincial style, showing a chestnut haired hound, in profile to a black ground, the whole presented unframed and monogrammed AB and dated to 1862, unrestored and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The painting has a tear to it and one patch as photographed which is