Henry Chapman Ford (1828-1894)
Tecolote Canyon (Santa Barbara)
signed with initials 'H.C.' (lower right) and titled (on the tacking edge prior to lining)
oil on canvas
17 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.
framed 23 x 35 1/4 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Santa Barbara.

The canvas has been relined and the stretcher bars replaced. There are upper and lower stretcher bar creases with some corresponding craquelure. Under UV examination, there are minor scattered dots and dashes of retouch in the sky with a concentration in the upper center. There is uneven fluorescence in the tree center left edge possible uneven varnish. Additional scattered spots horizontally of touch up in the brush below center left. Two smaller spots lower right. The initials left unclean with old varnish.

Presented in a bronze-colored Duncan Vail Co. frame.