Walter Greaves (British, 1846-1930)
Nocturne, Battersea Bridge
signed 'W.Greaves' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm (20 x 24in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
With Roland, Browse, and Delbanco, London.
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The canvas has not been lined and provides a stable support for the work. There is a small glued repair to the centre of the reverse of the canvas. Also to the reverse of the canvas there are two scratches each measuring approximately 17cm and forming a faint V-shape just right of the centre of the work. There is fine craquelure across the work - this does appear stable, but when viewed in raking light does undulate across the canvas. There is a stretcher bar mark around the edge of the work. To the upper framed edge there is some rubbing with associated small flakes of paint loss. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered areas of retouching across the work.