18th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With Roses In Her Hair 1950s A fine late-19th-century oil on

A fine late-19th-century oil on canvas depicting a girl carrying a bundle of firewood

Four small buildings are silhouetted along the beach

The painting is housed within what is probably its original gilded frame

a path winds its way around to our left before disappearing behind some buildings

the Reverend examined the canvas more closely and soon noticed the faint outline of a head

18th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With Roses In Her Hair 1950s A fine late-19th-century oil onA beautiful late 18th century portrait of a fashionable Rococo lady wearing flowers in her hair. During the 1770s, it was all the rage to wear your hair high and style it with powder. Typically hair extended to around 1. 5 the size of a ladys head and was created using toques or cushions which were made of cork or fabric. The height of ones hair was quite a talking point as demonstrated by the content of a letter from Queen Maria Theresa of Austria