A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Curios Two of the six cases

Two of the six cases are annotated and these examples are marked as

These pieces have become extremely collectable and so have been reproduced since the middle part of the 19th century and this piece is a typical example of these later copies

The pile is wool and the knotting Senneh whilst the colour a beautiful red

and spent the entire journey to New York in the doctor's cabin - "under opiates" according to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia

A 19thC Defaced French School Oval Pastel Portrait of Lady c.1870 sub-Curios Two of the six casesOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 24 Width: 20 The defaced portrait of a French lady in oval form, executed in pastels on paper and laid to card, wearing a navy dress with brooch clasp, her hair tied up, her face totally and intentionally damaged, on a beautiful green grey ground, the work unframed and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The photographs show clearly that there are