Percy Bedford; An Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Boy c.1893

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Percy Bedford; An Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Boy c.1893Origin: Unknown Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1893 Height: 19 Width: 15 The three quarter length depiction of a boy, freely and loosely painted, in oils on canvas, by Percy Bedford (active 18891918), the sitter shown in period dress with a black waistcoat and scarlet cravat, with his hands in his pockets, shown in profile on an earthy ochre ground, signed lower left P. Bedford 93, survives unrestored and unframed. The picture is

One of the feet has loss to one end as pictured

We can find an advertising entry in 1938

turned stretcher and stem on circular draught turned base

the thick panel has some warping with a handful of splits as photographed

The catches and hinge all function though there is no key

the components are all original

when magic lantern slides were re-introduced by Tejima Seiichi (1849-1918) from the United States in 1874

The gilded frame is original though has large losses with three of the four corner acanthus leaf mouldings lacking

The Wholes: 19

The oversized painted fibreglass human skull with hinged jaw

An intricately drawn piece with a particularly attractive and unusual border

In Hanau the old town hall was of more recent times used as the "German House of Goldsmiths"