About this lot

Description

English Provincial School, circa 1800

Portrait of an English Springer Spaniel in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
100 x 125.5cm



Condition report:

117 x 142.5cm (framed)

Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas tension is stiff and the picture is in plane. The paint layer has suffered from wear and loss in the past, in areas losses are still evident with the canvas visible, notably on the dog’s back. Lining has stabilised the paint layer which is now stable. Overpaint covers wear and abrasion, mainly in the darker paint passages. Over time, the overpaint has darkened compared to the surrounding original paint. The varnish is clear and even but brittle with numerous scuffs and scratches on the surface.

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