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Mid 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "Lady with a Book"

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas titled Lady with a Book, dated to the mid 19th century. The work depicts the full-length portrait of an adult woman in clothing indicative of the mid to late 19th-century. Signed illegibly by the artist to the lower right corner. Housed in a gilt and gesso wood frame. To the verso is a descriptive and biographical label, attributing the piece to Robert Temple.

Condition

- canvas has been relined and coated in wax on the sides; craquelure to the paint layers; minor areas of smaller-than-quarter-sized inpainting in the woman’s dress sleeves and along the lower right corner, the signature and face are clean; wear to the frame including missing areas of gesso.

Dimensions

23.0" W x 31.0" H x 1.75" D

- measures frame; sight size 18" W x 26.5" H.

Item #

17CHI091-055

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