23rd Apr, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Country House
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Frederick Richard Lee (1798–1879)
“On the Teign, Nr Dartmoor”
Signed and dated 1843, oil on canvas, 84cm by 110cm
Exhibited as "The Upper Part of the River Teign near Dartmoor", Royal Academy no.182, 1843
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000
Relined. Covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Retains a reasonable to good level of surface with some general flattening of impasto. Small cluster of flaked paint above hillside to far left hand side. Small push mark back to front just below centre of tree trunk far left hand side with tiny amount of associated losses. Surface scratches mostly to varnish above and centre of landscape with further smaller scratches seemingly only to varnish of various arrangements within sky and to left. Cleaning test patch? towards upper right hand corner. Possibly with small amount of horizontally linear minor retouches. Cleaning test patch approx. 6cm in diameter. Minor superficial slightly diagonal surface scratch within lower foliage of far right hand side tree approx. 2cm in length. Tiny nick/loss of paint to lower part of right hand side tree trunk. Odd further scuff/minor imperfection. No real indication of retouching under UV - but not neccessarily categoric. The glass has been smashed - a piece remains in upper left hand corner with further small piece on lower edge left (wedged in). Otherwise in a broadly good and stable state of preservation.
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Auction: Country House, 23rd Apr, 2022
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
This sale will feature property from three private estates; The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate of Ian Stephenson, The Selected Contents of a Private House to be sold on behalf of the 7th Earl of Durham, and The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes, Isle of Man.
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Tuesday 19 April - Friday 22 April 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 7.30am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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