About this lot

Description

Follower of Henry Alken

Fighting cocks
one inscribed 'H. Alken' (lower right)
oil on canvas
42 x 32cm, a pair



Provenance:
Wood Hall, Hilgay, Norfolk



52.5 x 43cm framed

The paintings are executed in oil on linen canvas supports. The canvases have not been lined and both have artists’ suppliers stamps on the reverse for Winsor and Newton. There are minor undulations across the surface and stretcher bar marks are present in the paint layer, following the edges of the wooden stretchers behind. The paint layers are in a good, stable condition overall. The varnish layers are dull and slightly yellowed. There are drip marks and areas where the surface dirt has been disturbed.

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