A Fine c.1854 English School Portrait of Philip Williams (b.1798) of Wednesbury Oak Ironworks by John Calcott Horsley RA (1817-1903) sub-Decorative Objects Width: 100 cms / 3

Width: 100 cms / 3

In the knowledge of all the above

This was "The Original Death and Burial of Cock Robin” and the tableau was an immediate success with the customers of the White Lion when it was first displayed in a summerhouse behind the inn in the summer of 1861

often the wood was carved or inlaid

Nutcrackers of many types have been used through the centuries though at first the nutcracker was probably ones teeth or perhaps a hammer or mallet

A Fine c.1854 English School Portrait of Philip Williams (b.1798) of Wednesbury Oak Ironworks by John Calcott Horsley RA (1817-1903) sub-Decorative Objects Width: 100 cms / 3Origin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1854 The Canvas: 48. 75 x 38. 5 In Frame: 64. 5 x 54. 25 The large scale oil on canvas portrait showing Philip Williams (b. 1798, d. 1864) of Wednesbury Oak ironworks in three quarter length, wearing a brown overcoat, shirt and neckerchief, signed with initials and dated 1854 inscribed on stretcher Portrait of Philip Wiiliams of Wednesbury Oak Iron Works. Born Jan 1798. Painted by