(19th century)
View of Canton, with Chinese Junks, circa 1850, unsigned, oil on canvas, 17-1/4 x 30 in.; original Chinese Chippendale carved and gilt wood frame, lined and restretched on new stretcher, crackle, retouch at two repairs in sky and in draw crackle at bottom affecting less than 5% of surface; frame with flaking. Notes: Exhibited twice at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965 and 1967, labels verso and accompanied by loan document; Chester County Historical Society,
Exhibition of Delaware Valley Dining Rooms, October 30 - November 19, 1966, West Chester, Pennsylvania (accompanied by brochure). Provenance: Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Exton, Pennsylvania, 1964; Estate of Bette and Charles Krieger, Radnor, Pennsylvania; by descent in family
Condition
lined and restretched on new stretcher, crackle, retouch at two repairs in sky and in draw crackle at bottom affecting less than 5% of surface; frame with flaking