Lined, two keys lacking, fairly slack. Likely a pressed from lining process. Old brittle age and impact cracks throughout, slighly raised/textured but all secure at present. Likely secured during lining (see images in raking light). Scattered tiny old losses associated with flaking, mostly unretouched. Scattered further slightly larger but minor losses, filled and retouched, including one to the chest and one to the left of the hair. Extensive abrasion, leaving tops of canvas weave visible in places (see images), and reducing upper paint layers. Dark canvas is visible in lighter areas, and lighter patches of ground and canvas visible in darker areas. See dog's head, face and hair of figure, around the stag/hound. Dark glazes of the drapery reduced too. There has been some minor suppression of cracks and abrasion with retouching mostly in the face, neck and shoulders, which appears beige in the chest. Difficult to see if there is other retouching in the background as an older varnish has been left on in darker passages. . Further retouching to losses at edges. Fairly patchy varnish with uneven gloss, and scratches in the varnish above the head and by the left foot. A layer of surface dirt.

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