Oil on canvas depicting marine scene by Cheltenham Wake, 19th century
Old English painting dated 1868. First oil on canvas work depicting seascape with fishermen and boats of good painterly hand. Finely carved, chiselled and gilded wood and plaster frame, beautifully decorated with some signs of conservative restoration (see photo). Portrait painting with a pleasant perspective and good luminosity. Work signed and dated lower right (see photo) referable to the English painter John Cheltenham Wake (1837-1882), lacking authentication. Canvas with a colour fade at lower right (see photo) easily restorable. Painting in fine patina, overall in fairly good state of preservation. Light painting H 60 x W 50 cm.
ID: 2102-1653639841-39800
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