Richard Smythe after Sir Joshua Reynolds ";Lady Fleming";, signed in pencil, a colour...

The colours remain good on each of the works. Each work has slight discolouration to the paper, staining and foxing to the mounts with a number of thunder flies trapped under the glass. The images themselves remain good with some light foxing and the odd thunder fly, except for the elegant lady seated in front of a column which has spots of foxing throughout. The works are all behind glass and have not been examined out of the frames. Four of the works are approximately 33.5cm by 28cm, and the other sizes are 40cm by 33.4cm, 55.5cm by 34.5cm, 38cm by 26.5cm, 38cm by 28.5cm and 41cm by 27.5cm

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