A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Moustachioed Gentleman c.1870-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Beautifully and painstakingly crafted

Beautifully and painstakingly crafted

Width at Brackets: 7 inches (all at extremities)

but still proves to be attractive

France established a number of hussar regiments from 1692 onward

with only her first name to go on

A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Moustachioed Gentleman c.1870-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Beautifully and painstakingly craftedOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 80 The Canvas: 22 high x 18 wide In Frame: 26. 75 high x 22. 75 wide x 1. 75 deep The half length portrait of a dashing French gentleman, probably in his late thirties, having a well groomed goatee beard and moustache, and looking out towards the viewer, painted in oils on canvas to a dark ground, the sitter shown in formal dress of a black blazer with a white collared under garment