19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Lady With A Lace Collar 1850s 17⅔” x 21” / 45cm

17⅔” x 21” / 45cm x 53cm

Medium: Oil on canvas laid on boardOverall size: 12” x 14½” / 31cm x 37cmYear of creation: c

Pressured by societal expectations

Genre scenes of this nature were often intended to work at two levels

It’s signed ‘J Barton’ in the lower right

19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Lady With A Lace Collar 1850s 17⅔” x 21” / 45cmA charming mid 19th century French school portrait of an attractive young lady wearing a black dress with a decorative white lace collar. The artist has captured an endearing expression her eyebrows are raised and theres the inkling of a smile. On the reverse, a piece of canvas has been attached which dates the portrait to 1841. This is interesting as her style is a little more 1850s due to the side coils in her hair. But perhaps she was just ahead of