c. Mid 19th Century Hudson River School Oil on Canvas Landscape Fragment, Framed as Found antique advertising photo made with real slate that

made with real slate that retains a sense of many many years of school lessons performed across its surface--and I believe this is an especially old one (19th c I think)

Of noble English descent

with one small surface loss to one of the "1"s

It seems from some research there are a few partial sets like this out there but I can't believe there were very many made as it would have been quite a laborious process: weighing nearly half a pound each

c. Mid 19th Century Hudson River School Oil on Canvas Landscape Fragment, Framed as Found antique advertising photo made with real slate thatVery lovely and very transportive! This is a framed fragment of a Hudson River School painting, oil on canvas, mid 19th century I believe, framed here under glass, as found. I do believe it is the Hudson here, and with a view to what I presume are the Catskill mountains in the distance. And with a bit of architecture tucked in under the soaring trees at near left, as typical: the American landscape as a pastoral setting, where human beings and nature