About this lot

Description

Herbert Thornton (British, 19th century)

The Refuge - A fox keeping hounds at bay
signed 'Herbert Thornton' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34.5 x 52cm



Provenance:
The Parker Gallery, London



Condition report:

46.5 x 64cm (framed)

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has not been lined. The canvas tension is slightly slack and stretcher bar marks have formed following the edges of the wooden frame behind the canvas. There is a localised area of flaking paint with losses at the upper left corner. A few other scattered losses are present around the edges of the picture. In the sky is a scuff to the paint layer and varnish. The varnish is semi-matte and slightly yellowed with a layer of surface dirt present.

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