A Very Large 19thC Oil on Canvas 'Babes in the Wood' sub-Curios The stay busk is a

The stay busk is a single stiff wooden or ivory busk that was inserted into a pocket down the closed center front of a ladies corset for support

In consideration of the above

The first report of his death to a national audience was announced by Howard Cosell

adding an instant macabre effect to any interior

the tray has had repairs and there are one or two areas of loss to the veneer mouldings but as a whole the stand has survived well elsewhere with a good colour and no record of infestation

A Very Large 19thC Oil on Canvas 'Babes in the Wood' sub-Curios The stay busk is aOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 Canvas Height: 34. 5 inches Canvas Width: 58. 25 inches Created in the Victorian period and painted in oils, the unsigned and unframed substantially sized canvas measuring 4. 8 feet x 2. 8 feet, depicts the traditional children's tale of Babes in The Wood, showing two recently deceased children abandoned in a wood lying peacefully amongst a bed of foliage covered