An Oils on Board Study of Three Scotch Fancy Canaries by J. White 1896 sub-Decorative Objects Madame Tussauds has roots dating

Madame Tussauds has roots dating back to the Paris of 1770 and it was here that Madame Tussaud learnt to model wax likenesses under the tutelage of her mentor

this is a beautifully made piece of useful period furniture

presented in a simple oak frame

male patients worked on the farm

the fly orchid

An Oils on Board Study of Three Scotch Fancy Canaries by J. White 1896 sub-Decorative Objects Madame Tussauds has roots datingOrigin: BritishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1896Height: 15. 25Width: 13Depth: 1. 25 (in frame)The beautifully balanced oil on panel, depicting three scotch fancy or Glasgow dons, being a particular breed of canary, each sat on perches and in profile to a dark ocre ground, and signed and dated lower right J. White 1896, the whole presented in a later gilded and glazed frame and surviving from the zeniths of the Victorian period.