An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80

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An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80Origin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 The Frame: 5 deep x 16 wide x 17 high The Picture: 8 x 6. 75 The extravagant five inch deep swept gesso gilt frame with an aged and distressed gold leaf finish, in the Louis XV revival style, with a gadrooned inner border housing a well realised atmospheric English School mixed media on card, glazed, and depitcing a street scene with figures and church and cathedral spire

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