An Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman by A.L. Woodman 1919 sub-Macabre- Medicine vine and leaf motifs

vine and leaf motifs

preserved and mounted on a French grey painted rectangular softwood base survives from the middle of the twentieth century

there is loss to the nose of the bust

and twisting columns

Gargoyles came into gothic architecture in the early 13th century and are defined as "a waterspout

An Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman by A.L. Woodman 1919 sub-Macabre- Medicine vine and leaf motifsOrigin: English Period: George V Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1919 In Frame: 18. 5 high x 16. 5 wide The Work: 16 high x 14 wide Deftly executed by A. L. Woodman and dated to 1919, in oils on canvas, the head and shoulders portrait of an elderly gentleman in deep thought and shown in profile, having a thick beard and wearing a black overcoat, on a dark ground. the work presented in its original black painted frame, the whole surviving from the first