John Constable style The Hay Wain Textured Reproduction Prin...
John Constable style The Hay Wain Textured Reproduction Print in Ornate Gilt Frame.
This lot comprises a single reproduction landscape print on textured canvas, depicting a version of John Constable’s 1821 work, The Hay Wain. The scene illustrates a wooden cart crossing a shallow ford in the River Styx, with Willy Lott’s Cottage positioned to the left against a backdrop of mature trees and a clouded Suffolk sky. The print features an applied texture designed to simulate the grain of canvas and the impasto of oil paint. It is housed in a substantial, ornate gilt-finished composite frame featuring a scrolling foliate outer border and a beaded inner slip. No artist signature, maker's mark, or date is visible on the surface of the work.
Width: 81.5 cm.
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The print surface appears in good condition with no visible tears or significant losses. The gilt-finished frame exhibits visible craquelure and surface cracking to the composite material, particularly noticeable at the corners and along the inner beaded slip (photo 6). Some minor chips to the gilded finish are present consistent with age and handling.
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John Constable style The Hay Wain Textured Reproduction Print in Ornate Gilt Frame.
This lot comprises a single reproduction landscape print on textured canvas, depicting a version of John Constable’s 1821 work, The Hay Wain. The scene illustrates a wooden cart crossing a shallow ford in the River Styx, with Willy Lott’s Cottage positioned to the left against a backdrop of mature trees and a clouded Suffolk sky. The print features an applied texture designed to simulate the grain of canvas and the impasto of oil paint. It is housed in a substantial, ornate gilt-finished composite frame featuring a scrolling foliate outer border and a beaded inner slip. No artist signature, maker's mark, or date is visible on the surface of the work.
Width: 81.5 cm.
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The print surface appears in good condition with no visible tears or significant losses. The gilt-finished frame exhibits visible craquelure and surface cracking to the composite material, particularly noticeable at the corners and along the inner beaded slip (photo 6). Some minor chips to the gilded finish are present consistent with age and handling.
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