A Moody 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman antiques this is one of those

this is one of those mirrors you find lurking in a creaky country house that has a thousand stories of wet Labradors and strong cigars

We have not restored or cleaned the item aside from a light wax

The rich and intense background coupled with the bold lines and balancing colours of the picture are typical of a painter who closely followed Von Tamm’s work in and around the same period circa 1690

apparently exported to France

symmetrically and precisely designed but still somehow retaining a nomadic feel throughout

A Moody 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman antiques this is one of thoseOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1855 80 Height: 24. 25 inches Width: 20. 25 inches The well painted English school portrait in oils on canvas depicting a bearded and moustachioed Elizabethan Gentleman with white ruff collar, presented unframed and apparently unsigned, surviving from mid Victorian period England. The condition of the painting is unrestored, uncleaned and unframed and is in as found order and does