Lot 153
  • 153

Joseph Langsdale Pickering (1845-1912)

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Description

  • Joseph Langsdale Pickering
  • Wooded Landscape with Falling Tree
  • signed L. Pickering and indistinctly dated (?)875) l.r.
  • oil on canvas, framed and glazed
  • 20 by 14 1/2 in.

Provenance

Richard Falkiner, London

Condition

good condition overall, not lined; there is a small pea-sized wax repair to canvas near the dark tree on the far right side (visible from the rear of canvas), and associated inpainting, very scattered other inpainting, surface with a fine net of craquelure; currently under glass which is scratched; decorative gold frame with chips and security drill holes through it. Geo. Romney Rathbone Place/Oxford St. stamp on back of canvas.
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