An Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman by A.L. Woodman 1919 sub-Macabre- Medicine by the end of the

by the end of the century

the whole standing on later bun feet surviving from the last quarter of the eighteenth century

The picture remains in original though unrestored condition with no over-painting or restoration and a good deal of craquelure and paint fleck loss to the surface

there is loss to the nose of the bust

Gargoyles came into gothic architecture in the early 13th century and are defined as "a waterspout

An Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman by A.L. Woodman 1919 sub-Macabre- Medicine by the end of theOrigin: English Period: George V Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1919 In Frame: 18. 5 high x 16. 5 wide The Work: 16 high x 14 wide Deftly executed by A. L. Woodman and dated to 1919, in oils on canvas, the head and shoulders portrait of an elderly gentleman in deep thought and shown in profile, having a thick beard and wearing a black overcoat, on a dark ground. the work presented in its original black painted frame, the whole surviving from the first