$5,629
British School, 18th/19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (76.5 x 64.5 cm), framed. Condition: Lined, retouch, stable craquelure. N.B. A label affixed to the frame suggests that the painting at one time belonged to A. Penrice-Lyons (possibly Algernon Edmund Penrice-Lyons, 1886-1969) and was sold by his executors through Christie's, London. Retouch to perimeter of canvas. Wash of retouch to the left of the sitter's face. Craquelure overall, more pronounced in the sitter's forehead and top of head. Minor frame abrasion along upper edge. Scattered minor surface scratches, one to l.r.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-28