HENRY LE JEUNE (BRITISH, 1819-1904)
Nearly Home - A boy and a girl rest by a milestone for 'FINCHLEY III MILES'
signed with monogram and dated 'HLJ 1862' (lower right)
oil on panel
48 x 38cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
| Estimate: |
£500 - £800
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Hammer price:
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£1,100 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report
The panel is sound. Grain of wood is visible through the paint sin some areas on close inspection. A few lines of craquelure to the figures. Ultraviolet reveals infilling to craquelure in the sky, upper right and to a surface scratch running down the child's legs. Held in a later plaster gilt frame in fair condition.
