£300 - £600
MARK WILLIAM FISHER RA (AMERICAN/BRITISH, 1841–1923) The Crow
Oil on canvas, depicting a secluded country inn approached by a fenced track, its hanging sign bearing the image of a crow, apparently unsigned, 82 × 58cm, in a period giltwood and composition frame.
Bearing verso the trade label of E. S. Boswell, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame Maker and Fine Art Dealer, Oxford House, Cardiff Road, Newport, Mon., established 1888.
Provenance: From a distinguished British private collection.
Condition: surface dirt and pronounced darkening/discolouration of the varnish, general craquelure and a small area of canvas loss as photographed; evidence of possible historic restoration. Frame with age-related cracking, wear and minor losses. Not examined out of the frame.
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