Lot 39
  • 39

Circle of John Hayls

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Circle of John Hayls
  • Portrait of a Lady
  • oil on canvas, oval, unlined, with inventory numbers 135 and 895 on the reverse, in a contemporary carved wood frame
  • 54 by 42cm.; 21¼ by 16½in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are pronounced stretcher marks and a hole in the canvas to the left of the sitter's face. Held in a gilded wooden frame with some losses.
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