A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Macabre- Medicine The general condition is nicely

The general condition is nicely untouched with a good patina to the whole though there is one candle-holders lacking from one of the candelabra which would have made it a nine sconce example

since the 1880s

The surface is generally good with a handful of small blemishes to the body which appear to be from the remnants of tape whereby someone has taped the cover on to the body to prevent it falling off in transit

The anchor is an obvious symbol of the sea but also a symbol of security

A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Macabre- Medicine The general condition is nicelyOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 2nd EmpireProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1862Height: 9. 5"Width: 12. 75"The charming depiction in oils on canvas, painted impasto and in the provincial style, showing a chestnut haired hound, in profile to a black ground, the whole presented unframed and monogrammed AB and dated to 1862, unrestored and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The painting has a tear to it and one patch as photographed which is