A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and at the time of

and at the time of purchase it would have already been at least 40 years old

survives from the late Regency period

and his stock fetched high prices

The ornament was carved in high relief

making it difficult to undertake research

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1790-1800 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and at the time ofOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Louis XVIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1790 1800Height: 32Width: 25. 25Depth: 0. 75The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a gentleman of nobility, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter wearing a laced overcoat of velvet, with a wig, his ink and quill sitting beside him, with a scarlet curtain to one flank and surviving from the period of the French revolution of the late eighteenth century. The portrait