Description
A framed, over-painted Chromolithograph on canvas, a portrait of a young girl, circa 1880 -1890.
The original oil painting was painted by Philipp Hoyall, (1816-1876) a German-Polish painter-lithographer, in 1872, cited by The Library of Congress.
The painting was reproduced using the chromolithograph process and published by Louis Prang & Co. Hoyall’s works were very popular from 1860-to the late 1890s.
This litho has been over-painted in oil colors and varnished, a popular technique employed in the late 19th Century.
The title is Meditating Mischief, and shows a young girl in a Victorian Era drawing room, contemplating trouble.
The background scene is overpainted and the canvas is then varnished, producing a heavy craquelure finish.
Newly framed in a heavy gold-leaf wooden frame.
Showing the original label on the verso of the canvas, 84 Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park, London, England.
Canvas: 13 in. L x 11 in. W x .75 in. H
Frame: 18 in. L x 11 in. W x 1.5 in. H
The expected light surface wear to the painting.
