HAROLD H. PIFFARD (BRITISH, FL. 1895-1899), OIL ON CANVAS, H 40", L 60", "THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE - NOV. 11TH, 1918":Signed lower right; unframed. Captain Vanselow; Count A. Oberndorf; General Winterfeldt; Capt. J.P. R. Marriott; Herr Erzberger; Rear Admiral Sir George Hope, K.C.M.G.; Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, G.C.B.; Marechal Foch and General Weygand. Label on back reads Humphrys, W. Frank Gadsby LTD.Thrale Galleries, 326-328 Streatham, High Road S.W.16.Provenance: Purchased from Dixon of New Orleans, March 1997. Piffard exhibited at the prestigious Royal Academy, The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and The Royal Society of British Artists in Birmingham.

Very well done impressive oil painting. As viewed under UV light: c. 3% to 5% spotty overpainting with a little in the LL, in the coat of the main figure, in the background, etc. (the repair in the upper left center in the background is readily visible); canvas has been cut out of its stretcher bars and mounted to a lining canvas (done relatively recently); overall craquelure/cracking of the paint is stable; two very small tears in the canvas with loss of paint along the bottom edge; some scuffing/light scratching along the edges; not framed. Rf, 3-21-2017