A Naïve English School Oil on Board Still Life Study c.1900 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews a major industry in Surat

a major industry in Surat

There are several paper labels verso

This is exquisitely carved and is certainly more of a heraldic rather than a tourist ornament

in about half an hour

the lead with a nice patination and some oxidization to places but with no losses or damage to speak of

A Naïve English School Oil on Board Still Life Study c.1900 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews a major industry in SuratOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 21. 5Width: 26. 5Depth: 1Painted in oils on board in the nave style, the charming depiction of a still life consisting of a scrolled and fluted classical urn, open book and horn rimmed reading spectacles, upon a washed sea green and sand coloured ground, the whole presented in a later white painted frame, and surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth century. The painting