A Wonderful 19thC French School Oil on Board of a Waiter Serving a Lobster c.1890 antiques Fawkes of Farnely Hall

Fawkes of Farnely Hall

Rentoileurs & restauratuers de Tableaux de L’ecole Imperiale des Beaux arts

supported by stone life-sized wolves

with ornament largely based on plant forms (as we see here)

Width: 12 inches (with ears)

A Wonderful 19thC French School Oil on Board of a Waiter Serving a Lobster c.1890 antiques Fawkes of Farnely HallOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Width: 12. 5" Height: 15. 75" The wonderfully absorbing French school oil on board of a French table waiter, depicted in full length in his white aprons and black jacket, clutching a knife and fork in one hand, the other arm outstretched presenting a full two clawed lobster on a silver serving platter, the whole realised upon a dark background and the composition surviving from