The painting is signed with 'Latour'. This makes me believe it's
either an original or a copy of a work by Henri Fantin-Latour (
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/fantin-latour/ ), a French
painter.


Greetings,
Evert Meulie


Gene Newcomb wrote in message .. .
If the painter is from the warmer climes, probably an acacia (wattle).

Gene Newcomb