Slight undulations in the top corners visible in raking light, but the rest of the picture plane looks even and flat.

Very small lumps of dark debris in paint in the top right corner, and two tiny white flakes of material in the paint surface (see images).

There are touches of thicker more bodied opaque paint (probably retouching) in the top terrier's nose, the girl's extended wrist, and scattered spots and one larger brushstroke in her pinnafore.

Scattered minor brown drips - a blob in the shoulder of the left hand terrier, a thin drip below the right hand terrier's front right paw, and a larger brown spot on the upper terrier's back (see images).

Light timestaining, and possibly some muting of colours.

Examined in frame

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