A 19thC English Provincial School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman & His Wife poa-item Stone gargoyles were carved on

Stone gargoyles were carved on the ground and then put into place when the building was almost at the point of completion

She is structurally stable and her drawers move freely

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" and this theme is continued here with the lizards to each face

They sold for £2400 which is approx £3633 now in accordance with inflation rates

A 19thC English Provincial School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman & His Wife poa-item Stone gargoyles were carved onOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 23. 5 Width: 18 The unframed oil on canvas English school depiction of a gentleman and lady, shown full length amidst a high Victorian interior setting, with patterned carpet and panelled walls, the lady seated wearing a bonnet and the gentleman standing, one arm resting upon her shoulder, the other holding his top hat, each dressed prominently in black, possibly in mourning,