A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics There are very small nibbled

There are very small nibbled losses and chips

on a deep ruby red ground

the sitter with a full head of black hair and lambchop sideburns

The grandson of the founder

Philip was the only food critic in foxdom in the early twentieth century that was worth his salt

A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics There are very small nibbledOrigin: French, Lille Area Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 21. 75 Width: 18. 25 The hugely atmospheric bust length portrait of a dashing young French gentleman having short dark hair and long moustache, and looking directly out to the viewer, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter shown in a black over garment with a white collared under garment, the work with a ruled border and being signed top right in calligraphed