A 19thC Oil on Canvas Tarpon Fishing Study; J. Leonhard sub-Mirrors & Lighting with the pink bole showing

with the pink bole showing in some areas and the piece is glazed to protect it for further generations

It cost a penny and ceased publication in 1901

5” d x 17

They suffer from minor losses and show even amounts of craquelure to their surfaces

By the late-nineteenth century British opticians had formed into several organisations to promote their own views as to how the business of opticians should be protected

A 19thC Oil on Canvas Tarpon Fishing Study; J. Leonhard sub-Mirrors & Lighting with the pink bole showingOrigin: AmericanPeriod: Mid Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860 80Height: 10"Width: 12"The charming depiction in oils on canvas, in the provincial nave manner, showing a tarpon fish leaping in profile having been line caught, to a grey sky and foamy sea green waters, the whole signed lower right J. Leonhard, and surviving from the second half of nineteenth century America. The painting is in good overall untouched condition, presented unframed