The Anonymous Oil Painting sub-Religion & Relics In Frame: 37

In Frame: 37

When polished

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this wonderfully haunting piece perfectly conveys and preserves the idealised image of shopping in the Victorian age

The mannequin remains in good condition

The Anonymous Oil Painting sub-Religion & Relics In Frame: 37Origin: English Period: Early Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 40 The Canvas: 30 high x 25. 5 wide In Frame: 39 high x 34. 5 wide x 6 deep The unequivocally dirty oil on canvas painting, of good size, its subject being completely indiscernible, with decades of dirt and craquelure to the surface, sitting in a good quality gilt gesso frame with stiff leaf carved mouldings, the whole in attic condition and surviving from the late eighteenth or