19th Century English School - Pair of oils on canvas - Portraits of a lady and gentleman - Jane Brown and Thomas Brown, he seated wearing a dark blue coat with gold buttons and holding a letter and quill, she seated and wearing a decorative cap, lace collar and dark blue dress, holding a book, each verso with label 'Thomas Brown of Greenhill, Greenheys, Manchester who died 18th August 1849 aged 67 years and buried at All Saints Churchyard, Oxford Road, Manchester', and 'Jane Brown wife of Thomas Brown of Greenhill, Greenheys, Manchester who died June 18th 1849 aged 68 years and buried at All Saints Churchyard, Oxford Road, Manchester', 92cm x 74cm Condition: On the male - Uniform craquelure across the surface with some bitumen issues to the black of the coat in areas, re-lined - On the female - some craquelure and paint losses along the lower edge, appears to be a small tear approximately 4cm in length restored just above the bottom edge of the image within the dress, some overpainting possibly to the face, re-lined, both frames with minor losses - **General condition consistent with age