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Portrait of Lieutenant Gerard Prideaux Tharp (1870-1934) aged 19 oil on canvas 61.5 x 50.5cm

Footnote: The sitter gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. In 1918, he married Dora Maryan Hall (1891-1948) second daughter of James Wesley Hall, of Mount Morgan and Melbourne, Australia. They lived at Chippenham, Ely.

Condition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined. The canvas tension is slightly slack and there are minor undulations across the surface. At the top left corner is a puncture in the canvas with associated paint loss and scuff mark. There is also a hols above the sitter’s left shoulder. The paint layer is stable overall. There are localised drying cracks in the darker paint passages. The work has a thin varnish layer which has sunk and no longer saturating the paint layer below. There is a thick layer of surface dirt and drips. The frame is in a poor condition with losses to the decorative moulding.

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