James Bard (1815 - 1897)

inscribed M.S. Allison, Builder. NJ., signed J. Bard. Painter. and dated NY. 1864 lower right

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;
Stacy B. Lloyd III (her son), 2014.

The canvas is wax lined and the edges of the original canvas are trimmed. There is frame abrasion at the left and right edges and craquelure throughout. Under UV: there is scattered inpainting throughout with several large passages in the sky, one at the bow of boat, a 6 x 1 inch horizontal line to the right of the boat's pipe. There is a rectangle of inpainting to the original stretcher bar marks bordering the work 1/2 inch from the edge.
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