ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN GESSO FRAME WITH PORTRAIT/HANDWRITTEN HISTORY ON BACK

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ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN GESSO FRAME WITH PORTRAIT/HANDWRITTEN HISTORY ON BACK:
$39.95

FANTASTIC ANTIQUE, ORIGINAL VICTORIAN GESSO FRAME WITH PORTRAIT OF A GRANDFATHER. THE FRAME IS BEAUTIFUL AND WELL AGED. THE GESSO FRAME IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS WITH FISSURES. THIS TYPE OF CRACKING IS COMMMON ON THIS TYPE OF FRAME. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE PIECE AND ONLY POINTS TO ITS ORIGINALITY. NICE GLASS ON THE FRAME, IT HAS AIR BUBBLES AND IS QUITE WAVY! THE PHOTO PORTRAIT IS OF A MAN IN PERIOD CLOTHING. THERE IS HANDWRITTEN HISTORY DONE IN PENCIL ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTO PORTRAIT. THIS INDICATES THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE PORTRAIT IS A GRANDFATHER. IT IS HARD TO MAKE OUT THE NAME IN SCRIPT, IT LOOKS LIKE WILLIAM ERNEST? HE IS SEATED ON A WOOD CHAIR AND IS LEANING ON A GREAT VICTORIAN ERA CANDLESTICK TABLE. IT IS A NICE PERIOD IMAGE. THE OVAL SHAPED GESSO FRAME MEASURES 12 1/8\" X 10 1/8\". THE PORTRAIT MEASURES 8\" X 6\". I AM SELLING IN AS IS CONDITION. FRESH ATTIC FIND FROM UPSTATE, NY.