. old reline. undergone a course of likely heavy handed cleaning which one would assume in the removal of areas of original paint used to describe the sheen or folds within the orange satin of the sitters dress. most evidently through the arms and waist area and where replacement paint has been added and which has deteriorated. covered in a thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. background on the right hand side mostly mid to lower section has areas of flaking and flaked paint which is small in scale. and to a lesser degree elsewhere. some general rubbing to edges, areas of isolated mostly stable craquelure. highly discoloured varnish especially to flesh tones. possibly a fragment of a large picture given the exclusion of the sitters right hand and ele,ments of the backgound.

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