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Henry Weigall (1829-1925)

Portrait of the artist's daughter Rachel (b. 1880) with a kitten
signed with monogram 'HW' (lower right)
oil on canvas
90 x 70cm



Provenance:
By descent in the artist's family



Oil on canvas which is unlined. There are two tears in the sitter's dress. There are two further, but smaller puncture marks in the background left of the sitter with associated paint loss. Several surface scuffs and abrasions. Some debris trapped between the stretcher and canvas is causing a few bulges near the lower edge of the painting. Area of prominent drying cracks right of the sitter near the tree. Some localised retouchings under UV, mostly in the background. 103 x 83cm framed

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