A Massive 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Religious Scene c.1750-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage An imposing and impressive piece

An imposing and impressive piece of natural history that illustrates the beauty and complexity of nature and the complex process of evolution

Although she is rather tricky to date precisely we feel she is certainly second half of the eighteenth century and of French origin

mounted upon a good quality beech shield inscribed 'JWW Elwy Aug 3rd 1914' (Hawkstone Otter Hounds) and bearing an ivorine plaque verso ' Mounted by Army & Navy Stores Naturalist Department London’

Remaining in sound overall condition this pug has some very small areas of loss to his decoration and to the plasterwork beneath

survives from the first quarter of nineteenth century England

A Massive 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Religious Scene c.1750-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage An imposing and impressive pieceOrigin: Italian Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 80 Width: 122. 5 Depth: 1. 5 Height: 59. 5 The massive eighteenth century oil on canvas painting of semi elliptical form, in distressed and un restored condition, stretching to over ten feet wide and five high, depicting a religious scene and surviving from the middle period of eighteenth century Italy. As per the photographs the picture is in decorative but very tired and distressed