Lot 165

MANNER OF EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE

Men on the shore below Dover Castle, with ships off the coast
oil on canvas
71 x 91cm

Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer price: £700
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Condition report

The canvas has been relined.  Areas of craquelure to the paint surface and evidence of small repairs to the centre of the work on the horizon line.  Ultraviolet light reveals infilling to craquelure in the darker pigments to the foreground, retouching to the repairs on the horizon, some further scattered patches in the sky.  Held in a recently painted plaster frame in fair condition.

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