Fine large 18th Century English still life study of an opened book laid on a woodland floor featuring a "Monastic Ode", oil on panel. Early and detail study of an opened book featuring a monastic ode in Latin and translated to English laid on a woodland floor surrounded by leaves and acorns. Signed WJ dated 1792. Good panel condition for its age, surface clean and presented in a antique ebony frame.
Provenance: A private owner, Oxford, UK
Measurements: 95cm x 65cm framed approx
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