19th-Century French School Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman Watercolour perhaps returning home

perhaps returning home

The coiffure was a ‘must-have’ hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains:

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a black coat

Perhaps this could be the artist’s home and the paintings are his

Charles Leslie was a member of the Williams family of painters who were widely known during the 19th-century

19th-Century French School Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman Watercolour perhaps returning homeA characterful mid 19th century French miniature depicting a seated gentleman holding a book. Hes dressed in a very fashionable single breasted coat with a shirt, waistcoat and necktie. The portrait is housed within its original fruitwood frame. Medium: Watercolour Overall size: 5 x 7 14cm x 18cmYear of creation: c. 1860Provenance: EnglandCondition: Overall very presentable. Frame with a little wear.