A c.1870 Oil on Canvas Portrait of the Minister Thomas Child (1839-1906) antiques each being attached to another

each being attached to another means the design is exceptionally fluid

This piece

Lignum Vitae is one of the few woods that with not float and was replaced with composition bowls later in the twentieth century partly due to the rarity of the wood

each partially concealed with flowing silks

having the original stained cut glass to all four sides

A c.1870 Oil on Canvas Portrait of the Minister Thomas Child (1839-1906) antiques each being attached to anotherOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 75 Height: 26 Width: 22 The well depicted three quarter length portrait of a bearded gentleman being the minister Thomas Child (1839 1906); painted in oils on canvas, the sitter wearing a black overcoat and white shirt, with coiffured greying hair and beard, portrayed in a gentile manner, the whole on a dark charcoal ground, presented unframed and un restored, and surviving from