A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Art & Sculpture tapering reeded and substantially well

tapering reeded and substantially well turned legs and double central stretchers

essentially translating as hand decorated

which still turns its head towards the sun's course

having been black painted survive from the middle of the twentieth century

This example dates to around 1940

A Late Victorian Unfinished Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Lady c.1880 sub-Art & Sculpture tapering reeded and substantially wellOrigin: 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,