Glazed. Executed on buff/coloured paper. Slight yellowing to sheet which is most notable to the edges. Debris and surface dirt trapped under glass. A brown mark or possibly debris to sitter's right cheek and very minor faint mark under the lip. Small foxing spot/brown mark to upper right corner. Two/three further tiny specks/spots in the sitters hair towards the upper right. Now examined out of the frame. The paper is hinged by three pieces of tape to the top edge and the oxidisation is more noticeable to the areas of the drawing which have been exposed. Two loose pieces of paper attached to the outer edges of the margin (see images).


Provenance: Ex collection of Sir John Rothenstein CBE, by repute
With Christie's stencil verso, FH619

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