Lot 12
  • 12

After Francis Calcraft Turner

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francis Calcraft Turner
  • Leaming Grand Steeplechase, 1837: The Start, The Race in Full Swing at the Third Fence, The Race Keenly contested at he Water Jump and the Winning Post (four works)
  • oil on canvas
  • each: 17 by 24 in.
  • 43.2 by 61 cm

Condition

The Finish: Lined. Light craquelure throughout. Minor pigment shrinkage in lower left area. UNDER UV: Some craquelure fill-in, inpainting wash in sky, and a few smaller areas of scattered inpainting in various areas of the painting. The Water Jump: Lined. Light craquelure throughout. Some areas of inpainting in distant hills, and a wash in the sky. The Start: Lined. Craquelure and some pigment shrinkage. Inpainting wash in the sky. Some craquelure fill-in and inpainting in the central horses. Taking the Bend: Lined. Craquelure. Inpainting wash in the sky. A few minor specks of inpainting.
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Catalogue Note

A set of prints of the Leaming Grand Steeplechase of 1837 were engraved by Charles Hunt and published by Thomas McLean.