A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The well-preserved and mounted adult

The well-preserved and mounted adult barn-owl (Tyto alba) specimen on an oval mount is in superb condition

to a pull string which activated the eyelid to open and close revealing the words ‘Goo Goo’

and with a the feel of a ship’s figurehead in many respects

in a taupe coloured suede fabric

standing with hands in pockets

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The well-preserved and mounted adultOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1793 Height: 30 Width: 24 Depth: 1 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a Normandy priest, painted in oils on canvas and in its original beaded gesso frame, the sitter wearing a priests cassock and holding a book of prayer looking out amicably to the viewer, on a dark ground, and surviving from the Reign of Terror of the French revolution of 1793. The portrait