A Good Pair of c.1842 French School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Religion & Relics we believe too much quality

we believe too much quality and not enough accuracy in its carving to be a twentieth century piece with its wear to the stone commensurate with an eighteenth century period dial

Provenance: Formerly the Gift of Miss R

very collectable

Glass eyes were more commonly used but when a figure had a mechanism for crying it needed to have painted eyes with apertures for the liquid to exit by

once flown proudly on English streets

A Good Pair of c.1842 French School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Religion & Relics we believe too much qualityOrigin: French Period: Louis Philippe Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1842 Canvases: 16 x 12. 75 inches In Frames: 20. 75 x 17. 5 inches The mid nineteenth century French school depictions of a gentleman and lady, presumed man and wife, shown half length and painted in oils on canvas and presented in their original gilt and gesso frames, one being signed C. Chollol 1842, survive from Louis Philippe period France in attic condition. The pictures are in