A Good Mid 19thC British School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the head stick travelling to

the head stick travelling to the bottom board of the body with peg into which the pin fits giving the head a 360 degree rotation

original piece of artwork and craftsmanship designed to catch the child’s eye

but our social history as well

but also could have been made from a mixture of materials as can be found with marine and whaler canes

There has been one repair

A Good Mid 19thC British School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the head stick travelling toOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1845 75 Canvas: 30 inches x 25 inches The half length portrait painting of a burly middle aged gentleman in oils on canvas, in a black coat with white collared undergarment, the stretcher stamped J Jones Liner, and the work unframed and apparently unsigned, survives from mid Victorian England. The picture is a little dirty and if cleaned would become something slightly different, but