Pair of Characterful Portraits

Early 19th Century

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A pair of naive portraits depicting a mature couple: the grey-haired gentleman seated holding his cane and wearing a buff-coloured coat over a red spotted waistcoat and colourful neck-tie, his wife holding her silver spectacles in one hand and cradling a magnificent startled-looking tortoiseshell cat on her lap.

Oil on tin in matching flat profile bird’s eye maple veneer frames with gilt slips.

Item Ref. 5558

Size: framed, 300 x 240 mm (11⅞ x 9½")