15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
Circle of Thomas Webster (1800-1886)
The Reading Lesson
Oil on canvas, 33cm by 35cm (demi - lune)
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600
In fully restored condition. Relined, cleaned and re-varnished. The outline of the lady's right-hand side lower hairline has been strengthened. Retouches to old cracquelure through the left-hand sleeve of the young girl. Scattered and fairly fine retouches through the background and odd minor retouches elsewhere. Further evident retouches to the upper part of the lady's fingers which are more visible by eye and have deteriorated or discoloured to have an overly pale quality. The same level of restoration can be found on the left-hand side of the same lady's forehead, the left-hand sie of the lady's neck mostly against the collar, the left-hand side of the young girls forehead and chest area in general. Possibly some flattening and thinning to the paint as a result of the restoration process. Some large areas of the background may have more consistent strengthening. Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish, isolated areas of fine stable cracquelure. Otherwise in a broadly stable and presentable state of preservation.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Jul, 2023
The British, European and Sporting Art Sale at Tennants Auctioneers will see a fine equestrian portrait of ‘Lady Caroline Held by a Groom, Newmarket’ attributed to Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) go under the hammer. It will be joined by notable lots from the Estate of Martin & Felicity Mackintosh of Harrogate, including a rich and plentiful still life of game, fruit and flowers by Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), and further works by the likes of Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt from the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria. Other notable lots include Montague Dawson's “HMS Amethyst running the Yangtse Gauntlet, 30th July 1949”.
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