SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON, R.S.A. | Prospero and Miranda, The Tempest

Robert Anderson Esq. by 1967

Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Fact and Fancy - Drawings and Paintings by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, 1967, no.38

The paper has been laid around its edges to a thick panel but is cockling and would benefit from being re-attached. The paint surface is a little discoloured (particularly to Miranda's dress and the background) and should benefit from a light clean. There are no signs of craquelure. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no signs of retouching. FRAME The picture is contained in a simple moulded plaster frame and under glass.
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This picture was painted c.1865.