Frank Walton (British, 1840-1928)

Gold and Silver (Holmbury St. Mary – Dorking)
oil on canvas
signed Frank Walton (lower right); signed, titled, and inscribed no. 2 (verso)
30 x 20 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Exhibited:

(possibly) London, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1910, no. 261

Frame: 36 1/4 x 26 1/8 inches.

Appears in overall good and stable condition. There are areas of craquelure on the paint surface, particularly visible in the upper left quandrant in the sky. There is a small area of flaking to the paint near the center of the canavas and flaking where the frame contacts the canvas. The canas is loose from the stretcher, the surface somewhat wavy. The canvas is lined. Examination under UV light reveals one area of old reside at the top center that fluoresces.

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