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Antique Oil Painting Portrait Study of Man Playing Jews Harp Attrib to Sir David Wilkie RA (1 of 10)
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Antique Oil Painting Portrait Study of Man Playing Jews Harp Attrib to Sir David Wilkie RA

REF: LA440287
£8,500
€9,929
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Description
Early 19th Century English Georgian antique oil painting on board portrait study of man playing Jews Harp attrib to Sir David Wilkie RA. Attributed to Sir David Wilkie R.A. (1785-1841) - artist's name on frame but actual portrait is unsigned. "David Wilkie is an artist born in Scotland (United Kingdom) in 1785 and deceased in 1841". Provenance on reverse "Sir David Wilkie, Jews Harp". Oil on board. Elaborate gilt gesso frame. Depicts a man in a tamoshanter playing a Jews harp with child.
measurements
Size of frame: 17.5 x 15.5 inches Size of portrait: 12 x 10 inches Size of front portrait aperture: 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Weight: 2.2 kg (allow up to 10 kg volumetric weight once packed).
declaration
Anthea's Attic has clarified that the Antique Oil Painting Portrait Study of Man Playing Jews Harp Attrib to Sir David Wilkie RA (LA440287) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1800
condition
Condition commensurate with age - various superficial marks & scratches and lots of knocks and cracks to gesso frame but all part of its charm and character. Priced accordingly.
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location
This Antique Oil Painting Portrait Study of Man Playing Jews Harp Attrib to Sir David Wilkie RA is located in Greater London, United Kingdom
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