Details
A Victorian stuffed fabric and card group
depicting five bearded gentlemen, in various dress of the period, one as a constable, all shown standing, two sporting umbrellas, one holding a sack over his shoulder, the faces detailed in pencil, in a glazed and stained wood shadow box, lined in cut and printed paper, circa 1865 -- 17½in. x 25in. (44.5 x 63.5cm), overall
depicting five bearded gentlemen, in various dress of the period, one as a constable, all shown standing, two sporting umbrellas, one holding a sack over his shoulder, the faces detailed in pencil, in a glazed and stained wood shadow box, lined in cut and printed paper, circa 1865 -- 17½in. x 25in. (44.5 x 63.5cm), overall
Literature
James Ayres, British Folk Art, Barrie and Jenkins, London 1976. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977. P.89.
James Ayres, British Folk Art at Freshford Manor, the magazine Antiques, N.Y. June 1971. Fig.7.
James Ayres, British Folk Art at Freshford Manor, the magazine Antiques, N.Y. June 1971. Fig.7.