A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth Frink antiques is placed in the middle

is placed in the middle of the room

having a rectangular six-plank top in English oak with each end unusually period painted in a pistachio green

the waterline marked-off with numbered drafting stations from midships fore and aft

The colour in the picture is beautifully balanced with the ruby red of the helmet in stark contrast to the cloudy

A Mid-19thC English School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1860; Ex Dame Elisabeth Frink antiques is placed in the middleOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: The Estate of Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930 1993) Date: c. 1860 Height: 35. 25 Width: 30. 75 The unframed half length portrait in oils on canvas of a middle to late aged gentleman reading a book held aloft, the whole of good size, the sitter with greying hair, a wiry build and strong facial features, depicting reading to allay an intellectual appearance, wearing a dark blazer and waistcoat to brown