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Lot 20
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Heywood Hardy

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Heywood Hardy
  • The Unwanted Chaperone
  • signed and dated l.l.: Heywood Hardy 1887
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 by 76cm., 19½ by 30in.

Provenance

Sotheby's, 22 March 1989, lot 92

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. The paint surface is in good overall condition; there are a few areas of craquelure to the horse and a tiny fleck of paint loss in the sky, upper left. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT UV light reveals no sign of retouching. FRAME Held in a plaster gilt frame in fair condition. For more information regarding this picture please contact the Victorian & Edwardian Pictures Department on +44 (0)207 293 5718
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