An Early 20thC British School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1915-25

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An Early 20thC British School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1915-25Origin: British Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 25 Height: 24 Width: 18 The atmospheric three quarter length portrait of an older gentleman, possibly of mixed Oriental origins, having thinning hair and a moustache, shown in profile in deep contemplation and wearing a loose white shirt and dark waistcoat, amongst a monochrome interior, the whole presented unframed and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century Britain.

positively dripping with morbid intrigue… all with the faint tang of garlic wafting through the air

Now retired from the daily trappings of the schoolroom

with the underside stamped ‘Harris & Sheldon Ltd’

materials for drawing

A beautiful and expensively made desk

He was awarded Medaille d'Or at the L'Exposition Coloniale

The first station on the site that is now known as Wolverhampton Railway station is the site that was opened on 1 July 1852 by the Birmingham

The stay busk is a single stiff wooden or ivory busk that was inserted into a pocket down the closed center front of a ladies corset for support

and surpass

their life was probably rather "hand-to-mouth"

The stylish and well-made library or side chairs in oak

over a single drawer with knob handle