Lot 197
  • 197

George Morland

Estimate
18,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • George Morland
  • A traveller resting at a cottage with a boy burning weeds to the left
  • signed l.r.: G.M. 1792
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Probably sold by the Tollemache Estates, Christie's, 19th May 1953, bt. by Gooden & Fox (950 gns)

Literature

See D. Winter, George Morland, unpublished PhD Thesis, 1977, p. 189, no. 143, illus. pl. 80

ENGRAVED:
by James Ward, 1793

Condition

STRUCTURE The canvas has been lined. PAINT SURFACE The work would appear to be in generally good condition. There is a weave of even cracquelure to the paint surface, which is characteristic for a painting of this age. ULTRAVIOLET Examination under ultraviolet light reveals some infilling to lines of cracquelure. FRAME Held in a carved wooden frame.
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