ONLINE AUCTION FURNITURE POTTERY COLLECTIBLES AND SOME SUPRISES
Lot 132:
Victorian School, Portrait of a Child, Pastel and Charcoal on Paper, Dated 1885
Description
A late 19th-century portrait of a young child with blonde hair and a lace collar, executed in pastel, chalk, and charcoal on toned wove paper. The work is rendered in a sentimental style characteristic of the period. An inscription is visible to the lower right, dated 1885, accompanied by faint, illegible initials. The drawing is presented in an oval mount within a polished mahogany-toned wooden frame featuring a beaded inner slip.
Frame width: approximately 60 cm.
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