An Early 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Laid to Board Portrait of a Noble Lady of Maison de Béon c.1800 sub-Decorative Objects and one this unusual is

and one this unusual is certainly not common at all

although not all are annotated

this embattled pair have been squabbling for well over eighty years now

the whole housed in a beautifully crusty glazed display case with remnants of paint

An Early 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Laid to Board Portrait of a Noble Lady of Maison de Béon c.1800 sub-Decorative Objects and one this unusual isOrigin: French Period: Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 Height: 32 Width: 25. 5 Depth: 0. 75 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a noble lady of high station, that of house Bon, painted in oils on canvas and later laid to board, and in a black painted period frame with gilded slip, the sitter wearing a lace bonnet and black laced dress, possibly in mourning, and holding a clasped book looking out amicably to the