Before 'n After (ctd.)
November 22 2012
Picture: BG/Philip Mould & Company
With apologies for my rubbish photos, allow me to share with you this nifty piece of restoration. When the above portrait of a boy in red came to us he was attributed to Zoffany, and in a rather muddy brown background. It was quite a surprise to find the original sky background beneath a layer of later over-paint. The over-paint was probably late 19th Century.
The picture is by Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA (1735-1811).
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