Folk Art Reverse Painting on Glass of Two Gentlemen Toasting

This is a horizontal, rectangular folk art piece, appearing to be a reverse painting on glass or a similar stencil-work on a flat panel. The artwork depicts two gentlemen in Regency-style attire, including tailcoats and cravats, seated at a dining table and engaged in a toast. The figures and the foreground are rendered in a stark off-white or cream pigment against a mustard-yellow or aged tan background. Splashes of color are used sparingly for detail, specifically red for the liquid in the glasses and a decanter, and black for the gentlemen's hats—a bicorne on the left and a top hat on the right—which appear to be floating or hanging in the background. The style is naive and characteristic of late 18th to mid-19th-century folk art, prioritizing silhouettes and flat planes of color over three-dimensional perspective. The piece is housed in a dark wooden frame with a narrow gilded inner lip. Condition-wise, the work shows signs of age consistent with a 19th-century origin; there is noticeable paint loss, flaking, and discoloration, particularly along the bottom edge and within the figure on the left. Several small dark spots (foxing or surface grime) are visible across the yellow background field. The frame exhibits minor scuffing and loss of gilding on the inner sight line, adding to the antique character of the object.