19th-Century Timeworn Portrait Of A Gentleman

19th-Century Timeworn Portrait Of A GentlemanA sensitive portrait of a mid 19th century gentleman wearing a black double breasted frock coat, white shirt and black necktie. During the 1840s, male fashion was inspired by the style of a young Prince Albert. As a result, men often had an hourglass figure with tightly cinched waists and barrel chests. They also tended to wear tight trousers and waistcoats with high upstanding collars under neckties. This charming old portrait has accumulated various

Overall size 21½” x 17½” / 54cm x 44cm

‘Crossing the Wadi’

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How do you read her expression

The painting is housed within a chippy scroll and foliate gilded frame and signed/dated in the lower left

22” x 24” / 56cm x 62cm

The portrait is housed within a highly decorative carved and gilded foliate frame - a work of art in itself

Fernand Durozé (1876-1961)

there’s an undulant area in the middle due to the previous tear