A Charming c.1880 English School Oil on Canvas of a Dog in a Kennel sub-Curios General Kitchener

General Kitchener

Among the many forms of vernacular folk art

With the two figures and the swooping phoenix to the center we may interpret one figure as possibly Serena

each white lined with lift out glazed tray lids

A Charming c.1880 English School Oil on Canvas of a Dog in a Kennel sub-Curios General KitchenerOrigin: British Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Canvas Height: 28. 5 inches Canvas Width: 21 inches In Frame: 35 x 27. 5 inches The well sized nineteenth century gilt framed oil on canvas depicting a slumbering hound with his bowl in an arched stone brick built kennel with indistinct signature. The painting is in tired and distressed condition with fairly large paint losses especially to the lower edges and left