Arthur John Strutt

Oil on canvas. The work has been recently lined. The picture surface is generally clean with bright colors. There is flattened craquelure across the entire work. Under UV light, there are dashes of retouching throughout the sky and along the edges, especially the upper and lower right corners. There is a 2 in. horizontal line of inpainting in the right cow's shoulder and a 6 in. non-continuous vertical line of inpainting to the right of the farmer.
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