English School oil on panel painting depicting two children seated at a table, writing in books with quill pens in an interior setting. Unsigned, possibly obscured by mat. Traces of old labels with stamp reading "Brown, 163 High Holborn, London," en verso of panel. Housed in giltwood frame with pierced corners and a giltwood mat with an oval opening. Sight: 11" H x 10" W. Framed: 19 3/4" H x 18 1/2" W. Early/mid 19th century. Note: Thomas Brown, a leading supplier of canvas and painting materials to Royal Academy artists in London. (Brown was located at this address from c. 1805-1853, according to the archives of the National Portrait Gallery, London). Condition: Painting in overall very good condition. Frame with areas of loss, largest 1" x 1", natural age shrinkage to wood, mat with craquelure.