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Description: | inscription, handwritten, T. Eyre Macklin
1906
inscription, stamped, BLANCHET
-58-
RUE BONAPARTE
PARIS
Oil portrait - canvas nailed to wood - of a seated man with a book open in his hand. It is signed bottom right by T Eyre Macklin, 1906. The portrait has been photographed (see TWCMS : 2013.16). The subject of the portait is James Hall, founder of the Wellesley Nautical School.
Wellesley Nautical School was founded in 1868 to help destitute boys by training them up for a career at sea.
Part: support, Material: canvas
Part: medium, Material: oil
Part: backing, Material: wood
Painting prior to conservation
Screw holes and tear holes visible , the bottom screw hole still retains the screw.
Stretcher bar marks and further tear holes visible
Spiral indentations visible on the surface of the painting
Tear holes in canvas
Spiral indentations and further screw holes
Paint loss caused by stretcher bar marks
Dirt on the back of the canvas, several of the keys are also missing from the stretcher
Dirt on the back of the canvas | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.paintings.513596 | Go to resource |
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