A good flat even picture plane, one very small bump in the top right corner visible in raking light. An approx 1cm band of disturbed/smudged pastel along the bottom edge likely from movement in the slip (see images). Scattered lumps of dust and fibres, with larger ones towards the bottom of the picture, with futher scattered fibres. An incised squiggle to fur sleeve - part of artist's technique? A futher scratch like mark below the highlight on the neck near the jaw line.

A dark stain to the top edge emerging from under the slip (see images), and a possible patch of timestaining to top left corner where the pastel is slighly disturbed in places?

There is a slighly bumpy surface to the pastel in places, appearing to be under the pastel layers (see images).

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