Lot 68
  • 68

Henry Robert Morland 1716-1797 London

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Robert Morland
  • Portrait of George Morland When a Young Man (at an Easel)
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 25 in.
  • 76.2 by 63.5 cm.
  • Painted circa 1780

Provenance

John Baskett Ltd., London
Acquired from the above in 1970

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition, generally; craquelure throughout (stable; flat for most part--some cupping at lower right) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: face and cracat are clean, although there is scattered inpainting throughout rest of picture (mostly craquelure fill-in); a section of more heavily applied inpainting at lower right (behind easel)
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