Lot 66
  • 66

English School

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • English School
  • Farmyard Fowl
  • signed with initials l.l.: J.C.
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 40cm., 8 by 15¾in.

Provenance

Spink & Sons, London

Exhibited

London, The Mall Galleries, This Land is Our Land: Aspects of Agriculture in English Art, January 1989, no.266

Literature

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth, The House, London, 2002, p. 158, illustrated

Condition

The canvas is lined; the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals an opaque varnish; no obvious signs of retouching. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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