A Mid-19thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman c.1840-60 reserved remembering Tang as “a gambler

remembering Tang as “a gambler capable of losing £250

The whole shows several knocks and chips to the painted surfaces which is part of its huge appeal and some old worm to the softwood

vesta cases came into use around the 1830s and were produced extensively largely between 1890 and 1920

and graves were often opened seven years after death to ensure against vampirism

A Mid-19thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman c.1840-60 reserved remembering Tang as “a gamblerOrigin: Probably DutchPeriod: Mid 19thC Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850Height: 24Width: 22 Depth: 3. 5 (in frame)The European school portrait in oils on canvas laid to board, showing a very well depicted middle to elderly aged bearded gentleman, glancing downward, presented in a later twentieth century deep gilded foliate frame, surviving from the second quarter of nineteenth century Europe. The condition of the painting is unrestored and uncleaned