A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 poa-item The three numbered open fronted

The three numbered open fronted cases

The stamped mark of J

we think this more charming than a botched restoration

the native Irish tongue

surviving from the first half of the twentieth century and probably continental in origin

A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 poa-item The three numbered open frontedOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 24 Width: 20 The defaced portrait of a French lady in oval form, executed in pastels on paper and laid to card, wearing a navy dress with brooch clasp, her hair tied up, her face totally and intentionally damaged, on a beautiful green grey ground, the work unframed and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The photographs show clearly that there are