SOLD (SA) Victorian Oil on Linen Portrait of Black and White Spaniel, 1882 James Bone collage Box measures 3 1/16" l

Box measures 3 1/16" l x 2 1/2" w x 1"t

which seems original to the piece of board

James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

but  this basket is in really excellent condition and quite a special piece

This wonderful cyanotype does invite filling in a backstory

SOLD (SA) Victorian Oil on Linen Portrait of Black and White Spaniel, 1882 James Bone collage Box measures 3 1/16" lThis is, hands down, a wonderful painting. The sort of painting that makes me think of a luxurious, richly decorated room, old leather and wood everywhere, walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames. But even amid many, I do think this painting, elegantly and dexterously capturing one handsome, highly prized, regal but gentle looking Spaniel (I think), would surely be my favorite! Oil on linen,