Lot 113
  • 113

JOHN WILLIAM BUXTON KNIGHT | On the Marshes

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • On the Marshes 
  • signed and dated J Buxton Kinght/ 87 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 76cm., 20 by 30in.

Provenance

Albert Galichan and Peter Rose;
Christie's, London, 5 August 2008, lot 110

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is a faint craquelure pattern visible in the sky. Also a small area of lifting paint and resulting fleck of paint loss in the upper left corner. Under ultraviolet light there is a large area of retouching near the centre of the sky, and a smaller spot to the left of the windmill on the horizon. Further scattered areas of retouching in the sky. Also a few small areas near the centre of the lower edge. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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