Moore Allen & Innocent
Lot 57
EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in black coat and white stock", a portrait study, half length, oil on canvas, unsigned, 76.5 cm x 63.5 cm. CONDITION REPORTS Under UV light shows small spots of restoration throughout, from general restoration to secure the piece, appears to have been professionally restored, in particular there is a patch approx. 10 x 4 cm to the background on the right-hand side of the face (but not on the face itself), and there are numerous other small areas of restoration throughout - some to the face area but generally quite even throughout, generally the picture is very dirty with some flaking to the oil lower left side towards edge of frame in at least half a dozen places (see photo) - largest area approx. 1 x 1 cm, some cracking to the oil particularly lower left corner (probably from heat damage) there are at least three or four spots of white paint dropped on the picture towards background, picture appears to have been re-lined but some considerably time ago as is very browned and dirty. Frame has cracking throughout conducive with age, is extremely dirty, giltwork is quite rubbed throughout, various pin head size chips to the giltwork on close inspection, however the general overall impression is that it looks reasonably complete, there is an area on front left-hand side approx. 4 x 5 cm in the background which is discoloured and looks whiter than the rest of the frame.
