An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The carving of the figures

The carving of the figures and leaves to the table suggests a continental naïve approach

Watkins was reared in an atmosphere of alternating affluence and financial difficulties

Canterbury Cathedral

Style: Qum

An Atmospheric 19thC English School Mixed Media Street Scene in an Extraordinary Gesso Gilt Frame c.1860-80 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The carving of the figuresOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 The Frame: 5 deep x 16 wide x 17 high The Picture: 8 x 6. 75 The extravagant five inch deep swept gesso gilt frame with an aged and distressed gold leaf finish, in the Louis XV revival style, with a gadrooned inner border housing a well realised atmospheric English School mixed media on card, glazed, and depitcing a street scene with figures and church and cathedral spire