A Mid-19thC English School Portrait of a Nude Gentleman sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Presenting fairground art at its

Presenting fairground art at its very best is this truly wonderful hand painted vintage sign in fantastic all round condition

There is minimal wear to this particular example with the face still

These casts were taken from the face of adults

By then the collection was termed a 'museum' and the tableaux of small animals and birds had been joined by the likes of the two-headed lambs and four-legged chickens which fascinated later generations of children

A Mid-19thC English School Portrait of a Nude Gentleman sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Presenting fairground art at itsOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 70 Height: 12 Width: 10 The half length portrait of a nude and bearded man with his arm held aloft, the whole on a moody earthy ground, painted in oils on canvas and remaining unframed and surviving from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The picture remains in original though unrestored condition with no over painting or restoration and a good deal of craquelure and some