A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Macabre- Medicine with rust and staining to

with rust and staining to the steel bases

and to the masks in particular

is known as the Victorian era

may consider himself extremely fortunate"

especially sat inside upon floorboards or stone

A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Macabre- Medicine with rust and staining toOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 24 Width: 20 The defaced portrait of a French lady in oval form, executed in pastels on paper and laid to card, wearing a navy dress with brooch clasp, her hair tied up, her face totally and intentionally damaged, on a beautiful green grey ground, the work unframed and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The photographs show clearly that there are