A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth Frink sub-Architectural & Garden he embarked on a venture

he embarked on a venture that would ensure a permanent and illustrious place in the history of ventriloquism

The polished faces have some expected wear

Commissioned as a private home for the Townley Balfour family

20 – the ‘patent metamorphic library chair’ which features the same back and arms as our example and is dated to 1815

lithographed and published by Louis Prang & Co

A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth Frink sub-Architectural & Garden he embarked on a ventureOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: The Estate of Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930 1993) Date: c. 1860 Height: 35. 25 Width: 30. 75 The unframed half length portrait in oils on canvas of a middle to late aged gentleman reading a book held aloft, the whole of good size, the sitter with greying hair, a wiry build and strong facial features, depicting reading to allay an intellectual appearance, wearing a dark blazer and waistcoat to brown