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English School, circa 1720 Portrait of a young lady, half-length, in an orange dress with a brown wrap, holding a posy, in a feigned cartouche oil on canvas 74 x 62cm (29 x 24in)
Provenance: Mawley Hall, Shropshire
Oil on canvas which appears to have an early lining. The canvas tension is adequate. There is a puncture in the canvas with associated paint loss to the left of the sitter's head. There are a few scattered losses around the edge of the painting but overall the paint layer is in a stable condition. There are a few areas of retouching in the lower half of the painting. The varnish is very yellowed and degraded. The frame is in a poor condition and the gesso is actively delaminating from the wooden frame surface below.

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