Lot 128
  • 128

FREDERICK GOODALL, R.A. | On the Banks of the Nile

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Frederick Goodall, R.A.
  • On the Banks of the NileĀ 
  • signed with monogram and dated 1895 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 38 by 91.5cm., 15 by 36in.

Provenance

Christie's, London, 7 September 2000, lot 195;
Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 163

Exhibited

London, The Fine Art Society, Best Shop in London Part I, 2001, no.64

Condition

Original canvas. There are two indentations with areas of associated paint loss one upper right and the other lower left. There are some faint surface scratches visible in the lower left hand quadrant. There is a small surface abrasion to the water in the lower right hand quadrant and some visible rubbing and abrasion to the right hand and lower framing edges. UV light inspection reveals some very minor flecked retouchings in the sky. Held under glass in a gilf frame and slip.
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