An Early 20thC British School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1915-25 sub-Curios The large hand-painted theatre canvas

The large hand-painted theatre canvas backdrop on canvas linen depicting an atmospheric scene in dusky mauve and taupe hues showing a neo-classical stone façade with panelled walls and a Corinthian capital fluted column central to a balustrade staircase with an urn bearing an architectural plant

His studio was filled with plaster casts of the objects that appealed to him - dolls

The key style here denotes that these cuffs are certainly pre 1900

Depth: 15 inches (all at maximum)

An Early 20thC British School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1915-25 sub-Curios The large hand-painted theatre canvasOrigin: British Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 25 Height: 24 Width: 18 The atmospheric three quarter length portrait of an older gentleman, possibly of mixed Oriental origins, having thinning hair and a moustache, shown in profile in deep contemplation and wearing a loose white shirt and dark waistcoat, amongst a monochrome interior, the whole presented unframed and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century Britain.