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A 19thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman c.1890 sub-Religion & Relics The elaborately carved and laterOrigin: French, Lille Area Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 21. 75 Width: 18. 25 The hugely atmospheric bust length portrait of a dashing young French gentleman having short dark hair and long moustache, and looking directly out to the viewer, painted in oils on canvas, the sitter shown in a black over garment with a white collared under garment, the work with a ruled border and being signed top right in calligraphed