An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine on the death of the

on the death of the latter

in Islington in June

From early in the 19th century local craftsmen became expert in lathe turning this material into useful and decorative items

There is also one bottle with printed label for the Parisian chemists Billault et Billaudot who were known to operate in the mid nineteenth century at 22 Rue De La Sorbonne in the city

Both show a good level of skill with the whites to the eyes and the texture of the skin both well rendered

An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine on the death of theOrigin: UnknownPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 45Height: 34. 5Width: 29. 5Depth: 1. 5The well realised half length depiction of Sarah Goring (nee Archer), in oils on canvas laid to board, clad in period dress, being a white lace dress with scarlet shawl, seated on a red armchair and looking out to the viewer, the whole presented in its original moulded gilt frame, the work surviving from start of Queen Victorias reign. The