Lined, fairly stiff, all keys present and good tension. Slipped in frame a little, top edge and bottom left edge canvas margins visible. Network of brittle age craquelure and impact cracks throughout, made more visible as the varnish has powered white over the cracks highlighting them. A few cracks are associated with the stretcher bars. The cracking is generally not elevated and stable. A few patches of drying cracks, and patches of tight wrinkling in places such as the pale area below the window and between the man's legs. Minor losses of paint and ground at the exposed edges of original canvas. Scattered minor old restored losses including a 2 inch loss in the upper left of the roof, and lines of restoration possibly to a tear/break to the right of this, in which the filling material is lifting slightly. A few tiny old unrestored losses at the left edge. There has been some abrasion to the delicated thin brown passages, e.g. man's hair and triangle under woman's arm. This has been suppressed in areas by minor brushy overpaint (see example images in UV). A little ingrained dirt and old varnish, slightly uneven varnish, a little yellowed, that is matt over the cracks. A few very minor wipe marks, light surface dirt.

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