Unlined. All keys present but fairly far keyed out and still somewhat slack. There is a gap between the frame and canvas at the top corners. Two old patch repairs to reverse to old restored tears/holes - the one below the gondola on the right has the filling material lifting and cracking slightly. There is a further unrestored puncture to the mid right. There are slight stretcher bar marks and associated cracking, and a few passages of stable drying cracks in the water. A few stable brittle age cracks. Minor distortion at the bottom left edge where perhaps there is debris behind the stretcher bar.

There is some minor dirty marks/transfer/scuffs particularly in the sky. There is old ingrained dirt and varnish, a yellowed old varnish and light surface accretions and dirt including a passage of black flecks above and through the right hand gondola.

Frame: The frame is in fairly poor condition. There are missing areas of composition at the bottom edge, and a couple of repaired sections along the bottom edge. All corners have been opened and crudely filled and painted with bronze, and there are damages to the painted slip - see images.

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We cannot guarantee a reply to any requests made within 48 hours of the start of the auction. The absence of a condition report from a lot does not mean that the lot is in perfect condition.

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Our Condition Reports are not prepared by professional conservators, restorers or engineers, and are prepared with the naked eye unless otherwise stated.

 Works are not examined out of the frame, unless specifically stated. We accept no liability for the opinions expressed in any Condition Report.

Tennants Auctioneers do not cover damage to gilded wood or plaster picture frames, or to picture frame glass whilst the item is in our possession.