Victor Favier, Portrait Of A Lady With Freckles 1780s The sketched arms and torso

The sketched arms and torso give it a mysterious

The painting is housed within an ornate scroll and foliate gilded frame

But gradually over a ten year period

Scuffing and one paint loss around the edges due to its previous frame

which has stopped for a drink

Victor Favier, Portrait Of A Lady With Freckles 1780s The sketched arms and torsoA fine 19th century French school portrait of a demure young lady wearing a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs. Her hair is styled into a centre parting as per the fashion of the day and shes wrapped in a sumptuous dark green shawl. The artist, Victor Favier (b. 1824) has chosen to include the freckles on her face and hands, which is unusual as they were considered unsightly in the 19th century. Women would often go to extraordinary lengths