WILLIAM LAMB PICKNELL | Late Afternoon, Moret

Ella and William Newton Hartshorn (the artist's first cousin and her husband)
Elizabeth Hartshorn (second wife of the above)
Bradford Burnham
By descent
Debra Force Fine Art, New York

Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings by William L. Picknell, February-March 1898

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes, Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This work is in beautiful condition. The canvas is lined. The paint layer is well textured and stable. It is clean, varnished and retouched. Although many areas in the landscape read very strongly under ultraviolet light, the only retouches seem to be to some small cracks in the sky to the left of the tower. There may be a couple of other spots of retouching, but the work seems to be in excellent condition overall.
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