A Well Executed Pair of Late 19thC English School Oils on Board of Roses by Emma Magnus (1856 - 1936) sub-Antiques and the mothers sobbed –

and the mothers sobbed – some were never to see their children again

The piece is clearly a tribute to the harvest of food available to man

Small domestic objects such as lace bobbins

and less commonly cats

thus making up for his own deprivation

A Well Executed Pair of Late 19thC English School Oils on Board of Roses by Emma Magnus (1856 - 1936) sub-Antiques and the mothers sobbed –Origin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Boards: 7. 75 inches x 4. 75 inches The Wholes: 11 inches x 8 inches Painted in oils on board and presented in their original moulded, glazed, ebonised and gilded frames with ebonised slips, the works depicting two pairs of roses in glass vases, both painted on cigar box lids and signed Emma Magnus lower left survive in original condition from the late