A Good Pair of c.1840s English School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles began to develop in the

began to develop in the late 17th century in Europe

and we imagine that if the piece was signed then it was to the absent base

A small but attractive sample of the circa 350

Width: 2 inches

A beast of burden it is not

A Good Pair of c.1840s English School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles began to develop in theOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1841 45 Canvas Heights: 30 inches Canvas Widths: 25 inches (each) The large unframed English school depictions of a gentleman and his wife, named verso as Mr and Mrs Backhouse of West Hendon House, shown half length and painted in oils on canvas, survive from the middle of nineteenth century England. Both pictures are in fair condition and prove very decorative. They suffer from