Oil on canvas, inscribed on the verso "J. F. Hanks / Pinxt / 1852," quarter length portrait of a young brother with his sister in an interior with a landscape view beyond, interesting to note that the young girl holds a leather bound book and does not make eye contact with the viewer, presented in the likely original gilt frame.

SS 29.5 x 25 in.; DOA 39.5 x 34.5 in.

Obscuring varnish; slight re-touch to one pupil of young girl.

$1,000 - 2,000