19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Girl In A Blue Tunic 1840s the sketched lines are on

the sketched lines are on top

930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’ at an auction in Hungary in 2008

15½” x 19” / 40cm x 49cm Year of creation c

a lone traveller is walking home along a path worn by time

19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Girl In A Blue Tunic 1840s the sketched lines are onA late 19th century French school portrait of a girl in a blue tunic. She has endearing doe eyes and the look of a good natured child. During the 19th century, childrens clothing tended to be created at home either by mothers or seamstresses. A popular outfit for both boys and girls consisted of a tunic, which was fitted at the waist and flared out into a skirt. Its tricky to tell boys and girls apart in portraits from this period as they often