19th Mar, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
Lot 1102
 

1102

Frederick Richard Lee (1798–1879)
“On the Teign, Nr Dartmoor”
Signed and dated 1843, oil on canvas, 84cm by 110cm

Exhibited as "The Upper Part of the River Teign near Dartmoor", Royal Academy no.182, 1843

Not Sold

 

Relined. Covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Retains a reasonable to good level of surface with some general flattening of impasto. Small cluster of flaked paint above hillside to far left hand side. Small push mark back to front just below centre of tree trunk far left hand side with tiny amount of associated losses. Surface scratches mostly to varnish above and centre of landscape with further smaller scratches seemingly only to varnish of various arrangements within sky and to left. Cleaning test patch? towards upper right hand corner. Possibly with small amount of horizontally linear minor retouches. Cleaning test patch approx. 6cm in diameter. Minor superficial slightly diagonal surface scratch within lower foliage of far right hand side tree approx. 2cm in length. Tiny nick/loss of paint to lower part of right hand side tree trunk. Odd further scuff/minor imperfection. No real indication of retouching under UV - but not neccessarily categoric. The glass has been smashed - a piece remains in upper left hand corner with further small piece on lower edge left (wedged in). Otherwise in a broadly good and stable state of preservation.

 


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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 19th Mar, 2022

The Traditional Picture Sales offer a wide range of oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints from the 15th to the early 20th centuries. The sale includes paintings from The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate of Ian Stephenson, from a Private House to be sold on behalf of the 7th Earl of Durham, and a Private House, St Judes, Isle of Man. Further lots from these estates will be included in the Spring Fine Sale and the Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale on 19th March.

The Selected Contents of a Private House to be sold on
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The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes,
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The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate
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