English Follower of Canaletto, circa 1800

With Frost & Reed, London (according to a label on the reverse);
There acquired by the present owner.

Oil on canvas, lined. The canvas is somewhat slack on the stretcher. Picture surface is covered in a discolored yellow varnish, especially in the sky. Some minor thinness, as well as some flattening. Under UV light, there is retouching throughout the picture. There is a green fluorescing varnish over the majority of the architecture; retouching is visible both over and under this varnish. Framed and ready to hang in its current condition
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