Style of Spoilum: Portrait of a Hong Merchant Circa 1800

oil on canvas.
framed.

The painting is lined. There is craquelure throughout the painting, and a visible line running through the forehead and left eyebrow of the sitter. There is some inpainting at the left shoulder and upper right section of the painting. UNDER UV LIGHT: The aforementioned line fluoresces under UV light. There appears to be a few areas of inpainting to the background and to the sitter's face, but the full extent is difficult to tell.
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For a portrait of a Hong merchant executed in a similar manner, see Crossman, 1991, p. 46, color plate no. 10.