A Fragmentary Early-Victorian Painted Pine Drapers & Undertakers Sign c.1850-60 sub-Natural History This piece was removed from

This piece was removed from a cottage within the estate

The large and well realised depiction in oils on canvas of John Harrison Foster 1818-1905 seated three-quarter length in a black coat holding a book in a period leather and mahogany armchair

showing the original period black painted finish now timeworn with age and use

The paper background gives the piece a nice simplicity reminiscent of the scientific style of the Cullingfords of Durham

The story of the perceived sinful woman named Mary Magdalene has been a very popular one in the world of art and she has been depicted by various sculptors and painters such as Donatello

A Fragmentary Early-Victorian Painted Pine Drapers & Undertakers Sign c.1850-60 sub-Natural History This piece was removed fromOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 60 Width: 32 Height: 14 Depth: 0. 25 The irregularly rectangular shaped sign written draper and undertaker premises sign of good size, in gold leaf brush lettering on wide pine boards, reading Wooilen (sic) draperyFunerals furnishedshrouds ready made sold by Sam(l) Griffith to a stained ground and surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. There is some small