An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine He invented a printing technique

He invented a printing technique known as relief etching and used it to print most of his poetry

the Abbot surrendered the Abbey to Henry VIII rather than face trial for treason

From early in the 19th century local craftsmen became expert in lathe turning this material into useful and decorative items

As the wonderfully well carved feet are rather large in proportion to the carcass there is a possibility that they were once on a larger piece of furniture like a serving table and then adapted into a stool

An Early Victorian Oil on Board Portrait of Sarah Goring c.1840-45 sub-Macabre- Medicine He invented a printing techniqueOrigin: UnknownPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 45Height: 34. 5Width: 29. 5Depth: 1. 5The well realised half length depiction of Sarah Goring (nee Archer), in oils on canvas laid to board, clad in period dress, being a white lace dress with scarlet shawl, seated on a red armchair and looking out to the viewer, the whole presented in its original moulded gilt frame, the work surviving from start of Queen Victorias reign. The