An Early 19thc French School Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady c.1830 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles almost as though the former

almost as though the former owners face remains part of its fabric

preserved in formaldehyde within a cylindrical glass capsule

AP (artists proof) to base

wine and olives

In good original condition Silas has overall signs of wear and use

An Early 19thc French School Oil on Board Portrait of a Lady c.1830 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles almost as though the formerOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Restauration Louis Philippe Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1820 40Height: 26Width: 18 (in frame)The beautifully depicted bust length portrait of a wealthy and attractive lady; probably in her twenties, painted in oils on board:, the sitter wearing a shoulder less Parisian blue dress, with a pretty and amicable face, voluptuous lips and rose tinted cheeks, wearing earrings and with her hair tied very much in the style of the period,