Lot 253
  • 253

John Brett, A.R.A.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Brett, A.R.A.
  • Mount's bay, Cornwall
  • dated l.l.: Septr 2 76; bears an inscription on a fragment of canvas attached to the stretcher; St. Ives Cornwall by John Brett. R.A.
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

London, Thomas Agnew & Sons;
Private collection

Exhibited

Penzance, Penlee House Gallery and Museum, John Brett: A Pre-Raphaelite in Cornwall, 1 April - 10 June 2006, no. 40

Literature

Charles Brett, Michael Hickox and Christiana Payne, John Brett - A Pre-Raphaelite in Cornwall, exhibition catalogue, Penzance, Penlee House, 2006, no. 40.

Condition

STRUCTURE This picture is relined PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is sound with rich colouring and fine detail throughout. The paint surface appears to be stable throughout and there is some craquelure to the sky and fine craquelure scattered in other areas. The picture may benefit from a light clean. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are flecked retouchings in the water at the lower left and a line of retouching along the top of the headland and along the upper edge FRAME This picture is contained in a later moulded Victorian-style frame.
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