Lot 209
  • 209

Henry Redmore

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Redmore
  • Retrieving the Wreckage after the Storm
  • signed and dated l.l.: H Redmore/ 1863
  • oil on canvas
  • 110 by 180 cm.; 43¼ by 70¾ in.

Condition

Original canvas is sound. Some craquelure and paint loss, most noticable to the skyline and to the lower half of the sea. Ultraviolet light reveals scattered areas of retouching particularly to the sky. Held in a smiple, gold-painted, composite frame.
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