Circle of Samuel John Carter (1835-1892); ‘Sailor’; A Mid 19thC Oil on Canvas Study of a Border Collie sub-Curios Light it up

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they made up chairs out of spare parts for him

with pheasants and further floral motifs to the flanks

and is clearly a well-used and loved patriotic textile

with the blue and pink ground flaking in places

Circle of Samuel John Carter (1835-1892); ‘Sailor’; A Mid 19thC Oil on Canvas Study of a Border Collie sub-Curios Light it upanOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860Height: 37. 5Width: 45. 5Depth: 3 (all in frame)Possibly by, but most certainly painted within the circle of Samuel John Carter (1835 1892); in oils on canvas and of good sizeable proportions, the beautifully depicted border collie dog, shown laying alert within an interior, a chair and blanket to the background and a hunting whip and white gloves to the foreground, presented