A Fine c.1830 Oil on Canvas Portrait of Saint Anthony of Padua Holding a Lily by Henry Perlee Parker, H.R.S.A. (1795-1873) sub-Antiques tea was the first commodity

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A Fine c.1830 Oil on Canvas Portrait of Saint Anthony of Padua Holding a Lily by Henry Perlee Parker, H.R.S.A. (1795-1873) sub-Antiques tea was the first commodityOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 40 Height: 24 inches Width: 20 inches The atmospheric work, painted in oils on canvas, depicting Saint Anthony of Padua glancing downward in thought and holding a lily stalk as a sign of his purity, survives from mid nineteenth century Europe, probably Italy, and is presented unframed, and signed top left HP PARKER Pinxit for the renowned history painter Henry