Lot 40
  • 40

Sidney Richard Percy

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sidney Richard Percy
  • Resting by the Lake in an Evening Glow
  • signed and indistinctly dated l.r.: SR Percy 1856
  • oil on canvas
  • 62 by 86cm, 24½ by 34in.

Provenance

Findlay Galleries, New York;
Private collection

Condition

The canvas has been lined. There is a craquelure pattern across the surface, which is also dirty. Ultraviolet light reveals an opaque varnish; no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a mojulded plaster frame.
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