A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800 sub-Religion & Relics The condition of the chairs

The condition of the chairs is good with no structural flaws to report

We believe the bowls to have been made in two different colourways rather than of the thinking that one of the bowls has faded from blue because we still see the ‘Spratts Patent Ltd

5 inches x 18

Provenance: Gatehouse

cushions were often given as a love token and its creation would have helped pass the long hours at sea and this tradition was carried on by soldiers throughout World War I

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800 sub-Religion & Relics The condition of the chairsOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Louis XVIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1790 1800Height: 32Width: 25. 25Depth: 0. 75The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a gentleman of nobility, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter wearing a laced overcoat of velvet, with a wig, his ink and quill sitting beside him, with a scarlet curtain to one flank and surviving from the period of the French revolution of the late eighteenth century. The portrait