A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the base signed Maurice Milliere

the base signed Maurice Milliere and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century France

By the mid 19th century fairground shooting games were commonplace and even considered desirable by those looking for a cheap way of training potential soldiers before they’d even been recruited into the military

it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style

crackling with style

The Whole in Frame: 7

A French Provincial School Oil on Canvas Study of a Hound 1862 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the base signed Maurice MilliereOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 2nd EmpireProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1862Height: 9. 5"Width: 12. 75"The charming depiction in oils on canvas, painted impasto and in the provincial style, showing a chestnut haired hound, in profile to a black ground, the whole presented unframed and monogrammed AB and dated to 1862, unrestored and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century France. The painting has a tear to it and one patch as photographed which is