A 19thC Oil on Canvas Tarpon Fishing Study; J. Leonhard sub-Mirrors & Lighting wearing a draped shawl with

wearing a draped shawl with cascading long hair

By the late-nineteenth century British opticians had formed into several organisations to promote their own views as to how the business of opticians should be protected

with fleshy arms and bosom

the wall light does have some hairline cracks and areas of loss to the paintwork making it decorative

the pottery had 12 kilns and 6 chimneys

A 19thC Oil on Canvas Tarpon Fishing Study; J. Leonhard sub-Mirrors & Lighting wearing a draped shawl withOrigin: AmericanPeriod: Mid Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860 80Height: 10"Width: 12"The charming depiction in oils on canvas, in the provincial nave manner, showing a tarpon fish leaping in profile having been line caught, to a grey sky and foamy sea green waters, the whole signed lower right J. Leonhard, and surviving from the second half of nineteenth century America. The painting is in good overall untouched condition, presented unframed