A 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Study of a Cat c.1882 antiques Depth: 4” (all at extremities)

Depth: 4” (all at extremities)

The Sooty Cooper

and is a great piece of advertising and tobacco history

Examples of advertising figures from the late nineteenth century are more commonly found as tobacconist figures and they are usually of carved wood and thus this stoneware example would have been very expensive to make at the time

A 19thC English School Oil on Canvas Study of a Cat c.1882 antiques Depth: 4” (all at extremities)Origin: British Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1882 Height: 12 Width: 10 The charming late nineteenth century oil on canvas, presented unframed, depicting a tabby cat, shown pensively, the whole on a dark background, and indistinctly signed with monogram and date, the whole in unrestored condition. The painting is in very original condition and remains un cleaned. There are flecked losses as photographed. We have found a very similar