the whole being a later adaption and surviving from the second quarter of eighteenth century England
you want to screw up the works
with the paintwork beautifully and naturally worn and not restored or re-applied
as exemplified in the simplicity of the panel in this piece
we have had to peel the label back to be able to establish the maker so the label is fragile and could possibly benefit from being removed and kept in a separate sleeve
Helena J Maguire (British, 1860-1909); 'Elephant', Watercolour c.1900-07 sub-Macabre- Medicine the whole being a laterOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 1907 Height: 28 Width: 24. 25 Depth: 1. 25 (all in frame) The wonderfully charming watercolour painting of imposing size, depicting a large African Elephant, shown in profile with prominent tusks, realised on a buff ground and housed in its original period oak glazed frame with gilded slip, the whole surviving from Edwardian England, named Elephant lower right and signed Helena J