A mid-late 20th century lining and associated stretcher, slighly slack but all keys present. There is a slight bulge in the centre of the face of the painting where the lining is possibly delaminating. The impasto is slighly pressed. There have been four canvas inserts, one to each corner (see images), with the extra pieces later painted. The joins are now prominent and slightly cracked/flaking.

There is a fine network of cracks associated with the very open weave canvas throughout, with some more prominent horizontal, deeper cracks/flaking mostly concentrated in the thicker areas of paint particularly the water in the foreground (see images). Possibly bent/rolled? All currently stable. Old small retouched and unretouched losses throughout, with bigger losses including a 1 inch loss unretouched to the large rock to the right of the picture, which has a yellow halo of material surrounding; large brushstrokes of a gritty brown retouching to two losses to the large rock to the left, and a deepter old loss to the impasto above the head of the figure. A futher 1.5 inch approx. loss exposing canvas and associated old flaking to the gap in the trees in the middle of the painting. There is a band of overpaint all along the top edge.

There has been abrasion to some of the thinner areas of paint, for example the dark trailing greenery over the sky, and to the sky itself revealing the reddish ground. The abrasion looks largely unretouched. Possibly older retouchings in the darks.

There are small white scuffs, spots and scratches scattered throughout, and one larger scuff with some minor flaking to the top right in the pillar. There is patchy white mould (?) spots noticable in the bottom right of the picture (see images), a lot of old dirt and varnish ingrained in the deep canvas weave and texture of the paint. There is a cloudy old varnish, slightly matt and breaking up in patches giving a slighly uneven surface gloss, and a layer of surface dirt and dust.

Examined in frame, not examined under ultraviolet light.

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