A Superb c.1900 British School Oil on Canvas; Portrait Study of an Elderly Gentleman sub-Curios Suitable for any wall

Suitable for any wall

which could easily be cleaned if so desired

facial hair fell dramatically from favour as the face of the polite gentleman was increasingly clean-shaven

mounted upon a good quality beech shield inscribed 'JWW Elwy Aug 3rd 1914' (Hawkstone Otter Hounds) and bearing an ivorine plaque verso ' Mounted by Army & Navy Stores Naturalist Department London’

There is a chair dated to the same year to this pair in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in New York

A Superb c.1900 British School Oil on Canvas; Portrait Study of an Elderly Gentleman sub-Curios Suitable for any wallOrigin: British Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Canvas Height: 16. 5 inches Canvas Width: 11. 5 inches The framed and glazed oil on canvas depicting an elderly nude gentleman posed with his head resting on his clenched and raised fist, is presented in as found condition in the gilt frame, the work apparently unsigned surviving from the turn of the century. In entirely untouched and original condition the frame is