a)"* out the fox"

Lined, all keys present, good tension. The canvas has been opened up and the picture plane extended with filling and retouching visible on three sides, evidenced by a double stretcher bar mark. Brittle age craquelure associated with the stretch bars, the natural edge of the canvas, impacts and further cracks throughout. Slightly raised by all secure. Filling and overpaint 1 to 1.5 edges wide on top and sides, extending onto original paint in places. Old rubbing/losses visible at the top edge where exposed due to movement in frame. Several restored losses including larger ones to the left of the shoulder of the huntsman, the horse's belly and muzzle, and fairly extensive further overpaint to suppress abrasion, minor losses, cracks and drying cracks, particularly in the dark ground bottom left, sky around figures on left, hound (see images in UV). Some old ingrained dirt and varnish, fairly even upper varnish, light surface dirt and surface accretions including flyspotting.

b)"Hounds at Fault"

Lined, all keys present, good tension. Opened up and extended on all sides with filling and overpaint approximately one inch wide. Brittle age craquelure and impact cracks throughout, and associated with the double stretcher bar marks and natural edge of the painting. Cracks are slightly raised but stable in original paint, and a little unstable in filling at edges. Fine drying cracks in areas, e.g. horse and hound, fairly extensively suppressed by retouching in places, e.g. around far huntsman. Scattered minor old restored losses, one newer unrestored loss to filling at bottom edge. Further overpaint in the brown earth foreground, grass around hounds, in the hounds, and in the sky (see UV images). A little old ingrained dirt and varnish, fairly even glossy upper varnish. Light dirt and scattered surface accretions including fly spots top left.