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Portrait of a gentleman holding spectacles seated at a table with an open book
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
after 19th c. English School
Europe: United Kingdom, England
20th c.
wood; gilt; glass
frame: 448 mm x 401 mm x 82 mm; visible picture: 234 mm x 187 mm
2009.342
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
after 19th c. English School
Europe: United Kingdom, England
20th c.
wood; gilt; glass
frame: 448 mm x 401 mm x 82 mm; visible picture: 234 mm x 187 mm
Portrait print on board reproducing (or possibly faking) an early 19th c. watercolour painting of an unknown gentleman seated at a table, holding a pair of wig spectacles with Ayscough sides over an open book. An open red flip-top spectacle case rests on the green tablecloth beside him. In the background a classical column part-revealed behind a red curtain. In an early 19th c. moulded gilt wooden frame. Glazed.
2009.342
College Purchase, 2009