Lot 67
  • 67

ARTHUR WARDLE, R.I., R.B.C. | Indian Leopards

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arthur Wardle
  • Indian Leopards
  • signed l.r.: ARTHUR/ WARDLE
  • oil on canvas
  • 86.5 by 127.5cm., 34 by 50in.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1916, no.539

Condition

The picture is unlined and in very good overall condition, clean and ready to hang. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Ultraviolet light reveals a few flecks of retouching in the sky upper right and also some cosmetic retouching around the rocks immediately under the centre of the belly of the foreground leopard, one small line of which may relate to an old abrasion/tear approx. 2cm. long. Not visible to the naked eye. FRAME This picture is contained in a dark stained wood frame with a gilt surround.
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