A Pair of Victorian Still Life Paintings by Henry Duke

Oil on canvas (lined), each signed and dated 1852, the painting with a pineapple retains an exhibition label to the verso, each presented in a later matching contemporary gilt frame.

SS 23.5 x 19.5 in.; DOA 30 x 25.5 in. (each)

The Estate of the late Rushton W. Hays, St. Augustine, FL

Exhibited:
London International Exhibition of 1872, no. 384.

Stable craquelure; scattered re-touch visible under UV light; stretcher marks.

$1,000 - 3,000