£1,000 - £1,500
English Folk Art. A George Smart felt picture of the Earth Stopper, early 19th c, cut felt and cloth over watercolour on paper laid on panel, 26.5 x 38.5cm, on the reverse the artist's printed trade label and verse ("At FRANT there dwells a Man of fame / By trade a Tailor, SMART by name..."), inscribed in ink Aged 92, Clifford Printer Tunbridge Wells and a second, handwritten label by Smart describing the business of an earth stopper, signed Geo Smart
Typically browned, small holes, scratches and corner losses as a consequence of long having been kept in frames, but entirely original, basically complete and unrestored
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