A Good Pair of c.1840s English School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Curios or as an exercise in

or as an exercise in training

From the earliest days of organised pigeon racing

Able to accommodate coats

In their pomp they were notable for 'the array of colour-boxes

There is a hand written label to the hinged lid of the central box that reads “Antlers from Woburn Park

A Good Pair of c.1840s English School Provincial Oil on Canvas Portraits of a Gentleman & His Wife sub-Curios or as an exercise inOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1841 45 Canvas Heights: 30 inches Canvas Widths: 25 inches (each) The large unframed English school depictions of a gentleman and his wife, named verso as Mr and Mrs Backhouse of West Hendon House, shown half length and painted in oils on canvas, survive from the middle of nineteenth century England. Both pictures are in fair condition and prove very decorative. They suffer from