Oil on canvas, signed and dated at lower right "G. A. Holmes / 79," presented in the likely original gilt composition frame with swept corners.

SS 19.5 x 23.5 in.; DOA 29.5 x 33.75 in.

George Augustus Holmes was a prominent Victorian genre painter living in London. He was particularly skillful in his treatment of animals, especially dogs and donkeys, and figures.

Craquelure; small patch to verso; minor touch-ups to background visible under black light inspection; some loss to frame.

$6,000 - 9,000