After Sir Anthonius Van Dyke; A Good Oil on Canvas Portrait of Charles I by Dame Frances Anne Marjoribanks c.1840 sub-Decorative Objects Painted death masks are not

Painted death masks are not at all common

Gildea and Walker were in operation between 1878 to 1881 at the Dale Hall Works

grains or poppy seeds at the gravesite would distract the vampire

The mouldings of the pilasters

the ebonized knob handles opening to reveal a series of shaped shelves

After Sir Anthonius Van Dyke; A Good Oil on Canvas Portrait of Charles I by Dame Frances Anne Marjoribanks c.1840 sub-Decorative Objects Painted death masks are notOrigin: English School Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 60 In Frame: 28 x 24. 5 Canvas: 23 x 19. 25 The well painted oil on canvas depicting Charles I (1600 1649) of England on a dark ebony ground, in typical period attire with white lace ruff, facing out to the viewer, surviving from the first half of the nineteenth century, presented in a later gilt frame, and signed Charles 1st after Van Dyke, Frances Anne