A Large c.1800 Oil on Canvas: An Allegorical Vanitas Composition Portrait of a Lady

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A Large c.1800 Oil on Canvas: An Allegorical Vanitas Composition Portrait of a LadyOrigin: French or Eastern European Period: Late Eighteenth Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 1820 Canvas: 41. 5 inches x 27. 5 inches The Whole in Frame: 45. 5 inches x 31. 5 inches The large and colourful allegorical depiction painted in oils on canvas, of a young and pretty lady reclining on clouds dressed in neo classical clothing in scarlet and white, clad in period dress holding and being offered to a variety of vanitas

as he is here

Merlin is in vintage condition

it represents an exquisite work of craftsmanship in its own right

The third document

The mouth mechanism works as does the top lip and although the eyes move there doesn't seem to be a mechanism for them

condition with a beautiful genuine fade across the fabric

One of the ceramic liners has a crack through it

It’s decline started in the 1950s and by 1960 Morgans sales were only 35 barrels of beer and 24 spirits for the year

fronted by carved cabriole acanthus leaf legs

the lowest being intersected by two cupboards with ring handles

there is some light creasing where the poster has been folded prior to being framed

the cabinet is made more for display purposes rather than just the storage of medical paraphernalia