Various patches to reverse of canvas as per image. Small tear to canvas with associated patch to reverse, upper left-hand side (upper right-hand side front). Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Slight stretcher sahadow. Areas of fine stable cracquelure. Likely retouching/strengthening to the ladies shoe and darker folds at the lower reaches of the skirt bar left-hand side. Tiny retouches to darker tone within the leaves resting on the foreground, left-hand side. Likely retouches to the shadows running along the pink jacket, right-hand side. Essentially V-shaped patch of retouching within the background immediately above her outstretched right hand arm and wrist approx 2-3cm which is visible by eye. The paint is slightly thin in places most notably under her outstretched right arm possibly the result of an old clean? Small amount to retouching to cracquelure around her knee.

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