An Early 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Laid to Board Portrait of a Noble Lady of Maison de Béon c.1800 antiques with seven operating mechanisms in

with seven operating mechanisms in tweed suit with two war medals including the “Defence Medal” with check bow-tie and black leather shoes

The condition of the shields is very good with no serious flaking to the paint and no splits

Like the busts of Shakespeare and Locke

of country estates and abandoned chateaus

Height: 61

An Early 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Laid to Board Portrait of a Noble Lady of Maison de Béon c.1800 antiques with seven operating mechanisms inOrigin: French Period: Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 Height: 32 Width: 25. 5 Depth: 0. 75 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a noble lady of high station, that of house Bon, painted in oils on canvas and later laid to board, and in a black painted period frame with gilded slip, the sitter wearing a lace bonnet and black laced dress, possibly in mourning, and holding a clasped book looking out amicably to the