Antique French Oil Painting, Napoleon III ( Victorian Era ) w Seed Pearl Mourning Jewelry, in Frame

Frame: 28" x 24" x 2.5" deep. Beautiful antique French oil painting on stretched canvas, in original heavy wood frame, with just a signature of P D, and dating mid- late 1800s, This painting has long been one of my favorites. I love her confident eyes looking directly at her viewer. She seems to be a young woman in mourning, the black clothing and the mourning jewelry she's wearing, the pinch at the sides of her mouth - resolute but a hint of sadness there and in her eyes. The jewelry is in the period-typical Napoleon III or Victorian black enamel on gold brooch and earrings, set with seed pearls. In that era, seed pearls represented or were iconic for the tears of the mourner, and the dark ground being the night into which a soul departs. Such dignity to her! She is in the original mid-1800s frame, as well, very heavy old forest growth wood with appliqué of gesso, a little of which almost always has broken away over time. These are easy to restore, but time consuming, and I have more