Antique Miniature Oil Painting on Panel French Battle Cavalry Horse Scene by James Alexander Walker 1875 Mid-Century Modern Above the backsplats each chair

Above the backsplats each chair has an aperture to place the hand through to lift or move the chair with ease

Circa 1905

Such gold snuff bottles are exceedingly rare and were only made for the Imperial household and other high ranking officials of the Imperial court

To the center of the vase is a winged angel holding two of the foliate vines

his interest in the arts never waned

Antique Miniature Oil Painting on Panel French Battle Cavalry Horse Scene by James Alexander Walker 1875 Mid-Century Modern Above the backsplats each chairSOLD A good antique miniature French School oil on panel painting, a post battle cavalry scene, by James Alexander Walker (1831 1898), British, circa 1875. The painting depicts two French cavalry officers riding through a rural landscape, each on horseback, one is evidently wounded and is being supported by the other. The painting is signed to the lower left and also signed to the verso of the walnut panel and titled "Hors de Combat", meaning out of