Large antique oil painting study of a street scene with children fighting.
English School, circa 1820-60.
Unsigned, artist unknown.
Oil on old canvas, laid on a canvas backing. Gilt frame (reframed circa 1900).
Size of frame: 32 × 25 inches;
Size of canvas: 29 × 21.5 inches;
Size of front portrait aperture: 28 × 21 inches.
Weight: kg (allow 10 kg volumetric weight once packed).
Condition commensurate with age - various superficial marks & scratches and significant craquelure but all part of its charm and character.
Priced accordingly.
Best described as faded grandeur.
This painting is quite sombre and melancholy and, although photographed in daylight, please understand that it is quite dark in reality.
Large antique oil painting study of a street scene with children fighting.
English School, circa 1820-60.
Unsigned, artist unknown.
Oil on old canvas, laid on a canvas backing. Gilt frame (reframed circa 1900).
Size of frame: 32 × 25 inches;
Size of canvas: 29 × 21.5 inches;
Size of front portrait aperture: 28 × 21 inches.
Weight: kg (allow 10 kg volumetric weight once packed).
Condition commensurate with age - various superficial marks & scratches and significant craquelure but all part of its charm and character.
Priced accordingly.
Best described as faded grandeur.
This painting is quite sombre and melancholy and, although photographed in daylight, please understand that it is quite dark in reality.