Lot 271
  • 271

Edward Robert Hughes R.W.S.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edward Robert Hughes R.W.S.
  • Mrs Cecelia Bowen-Summers
  • signed with initials and dated c.r.: ERH/ 1874
  • oil on panel
  • 27.5 by 18 cm.; 10¾ by 7 in.

Provenance

Mrs J. G. Protheroe-Beynon

Exhibited

The Welsh Office and Arts Council Touring Exhibtion, March - October 1967.

Condition

Panel is sound. Some frame abrasion and an uneven varnish to the lower edges and corners. A few very minor surface scratches to the figure's hair, otherwise in good original condition. Ultraviolet light reveals cosmetic retouching to the figure's face and elsewhere. Held in a simple, black-painted, composite frame, with gold-painted inlay. Held under glass and unexamined out of frame
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