A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics with their rifles and hunting

with their rifles and hunting horns

Expert wheel restorer and wood turner David Byrant carried out the restoration work with the rebuilding of the bobbin whorl and a new footman

5 inches (at extremities)

He stands without aid and could happily be displayed inside or out

A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics with their rifles and huntingOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 24 Width: 20 The compelling and evocative unfinished oil portrait depicting an elderly woman, shown bust length and turned slightly to her left, wearing a dark headscarf or bonnet and a loosely suggested garment, with the artist having concentrated their efforts almost entirely on the face, her features rendered with surprising sensitivity, softly modelled flesh tones,