£300 - £400
Charles Thornely (aka William Thornley) (British, fl.1858-1898), A Dutch estuary scene, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1877 lower right, possibly inscribed to stretcher verso in pencil (indistinctly), in a 19th century ornamented cavetto frame, 17½ x 30in. (44.5 x 76.2cm.). * Provenance: Stephen Garratt Fine Paintings, London W14, c.1989.
*Condition: Canvas has been relined. Original stretcher. Canvas in good condition overall and clean. Some retouching and repainting visible under UV, particularly to the shoreline at lower left, shadow beneath central barge and in places among the clouds. Some strengthening visible to detail on the boats and distant shoreline.
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