Relined. The dog, dungarees of the left-hand side figure, trousers and hat of the central figure and other minor definition points of that group have been strengthened or overpainted in addition to the figure in the rowing boat and darker tones and definition in and around the boat itself. More sporadic retouches to describe the darker tones within the vegetation lower left-hand corner. The hedge/wall running across the central part of the painting in addition to the lower reaches of the two left-hand side thatch buildings, general outline here and much of the roofs and general construction of the arrangement of buildings across the horizon all show signs of strengthening and overpainting as do parts of the second figure group in front of the timber-framed building. The vegetation to the lower right-hand corner has minor and sporadic retouches within but broadly the right-hand side 40% and sky in totality is mostly unaffected. The painting retains a good level of original brushwork and impasto in many parts. There is a mostly vertical narrow band of fine cracquelure running just right of the right-hand side figure in front of the timber-framed buildings, approx 8-10cm in length and maybe on the cusp of flaking. There are other small and fairly isolated similar areas e.g. immediately above the head of the far left-hand side figure of the left-hand side figure group and within the vegetation thereabouts. One or two other further areas of a similar condition including one small lifting corner towards the outer reaches of the marshland vegetation, lower right-hand side foreground. The right-hand side of the sky shows more widely spaced and stable cracquelure. Odd minor imperfection to edges/corners. Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. The signature is posisbly strenthened / added.

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