Lot 63
  • 63

Frederick Brown

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Frederick Brown
  • peasant fare
  • signed and dated l.r.: FRED BROWN/ 1883; further signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse: FRED BROWN/ 73 EDITH GROVE/ LONDON/ SW/ Sept 1883 
  • oil on canvas

Exhibited

Probably, Royal Society of British Artists, 1883, no. 529

Condition

STRUCTURE This picture is unlined an in very good condition. The colours are strong and the paint surface appears stable throughout. There are areas of very fine craquelure, particularly in the darkest areas but this is only visible upon very close inspection. The canvas would benefit from being restretched UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are areas of retouching in the darkest parts of the picture, probably to fill craquelure. FRAME This picture is contained in a moulded plaster frame (with some losses to the moldings which could be replaced easily by a frame restorer).
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