A Charming Late 19thC Oil on Canvas of a Violin sub-Art & Sculpture A memento mori sculpture is

A memento mori sculpture is one designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the brevity and fragility of human life in the face of God and nature

The quality printed white ensign flag in fine wool bunting cotton having the original long rope and central brass eyelet for pole attachment survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century

Wonderfully elegant and well proportioned

shown half-length and painted in oils on canvas

boldly lettered in red and black on each side

A Charming Late 19thC Oil on Canvas of a Violin sub-Art & Sculpture A memento mori sculpture isOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Canvas Height: 26. 25 inches Canvas Width: 14. 75 inches The well sized oil on canvas painting depicting a traditional Stradivarius type violin realised on a dark charcoal ground survives from late nineteenth century England. The picture is in fair overall condition with an even amount of craquelure to its surface. There are a few areas of flaked loss, most notably to the violins