Lot 42
  • 42

Robert Alexander Hillingford 1825-1904

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Alexander Hillingford
  • gifts for the war chest
  • signed with monogram l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 43 by 66 cm.; 17 by 26 in.

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There is a patch of craquelure to the man on the far left and scattered craquelure elsewhere. Otherwise in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals a line of retouching to the upper edge, some retouchign to the arm of the man on the left and minor spots elsewhere. Held in a decorative plaster gilt frame; under glass and unexamined out of frame.
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