Chester to Liverpool:

Backboarded, reverse of the canvas not visible. Fair tension, but two slight undulations running verticall in the centre. Slight stretcher bar marks at the right. Brittle age craquelure, elevated slightly at the right side where the paint is thinnest, but all secure. A few minor losses, restored, including top right corner, bottom left corner, to sky right of chimneys, above right of the tower, below the roof at the right and above roof of centre house. A little thinning in delicate paint layers such as the luggage on the coach and the jackets, and in the delicate darks. A little further retouching to damages at edges, mid right edge, along the top of the sky and in the top right corner, and to scattered scuffs and damages. Old yellowed varnish, which has chipped offin places from scratches leaving bright blue below. A little ingrained dirt and surface dirt, and light surface accretions.

Passing By:

Backboarded, reverse of the canvas not visible. Good tension. A few brittle age cracks, not elevated and all secure. Two larger restored losses, possible tears/punctures; one to sky above left of lead horse's head, and one to his body extending between forelegs. The filling to the one in the sky cracking and lifting. Possibly a bit of the overpaint between the horse's legs is to pentiments? Two futher losses to the coach - one in the luggage and one in the door area, both restored. Scattered further small restored losses including in top right corner, bottom left corner. A little abrasion/thinning of the paint layers in the sky and delicate dark areas. Suppressed in the sky with retouching. Further retouching to minor damages at the edges. Ingrained dirt and varnish, upper varnish layer likely a little yellowed. Light surface dirt and accretions.

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