Lot 246
  • 246

Gustave Jean Jacquet

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gustave Jean Jacquet
  • The Mob Cap
  • signed u.r.: G Jacques
  • oil on panel
  • 27 by 21.5 cm.; 10½ by 8½ in.

Provenance

Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Bt.,1st Lord Hesketh, Easton Neston, Northamptonshire; Thence by family descent

 

Literature

Archibald Phillips, 16 Conduit Street, London, W1. Inventory and Valuation of the Household Furniture, ornamental effects, pictures and other items at Easton Neston House, Towcester, Northants, February 1927. Typed document. (Family Archive.) Boudoir (upstairs) No. 8. One decorative picture, French School, £50.

Condition

Panel is sound. Some minor frame abrasion and associated paint loss to the upper, left and right edges. Some very faint craquelure to the mob cap, but otherwise in good original condition. Clean and ready to hang. Ultraviolet light reveals a slight scattering of minor retouching. Held in an ornate, gold-painted, wood and plaster frame, with damage to the lower left edge.
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