ROBERT SALMON

ROBERT SALMON

England/Massachusetts, 1775-c. 1851

"Ships and a brig of the John Gladstone & Company fleet in the Mersey".

Signed lower right "R. Salmon". Titled on frame plaque.
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York.

Oil on canvas, 26" x 43". Framed 35" x 51".

Condition: Overall very good condition. Under white light there is a very fine craquelure across the entire surface which is stable. The painting is ready to hang. The canvas is relined and under UV light there are two generations of restoration, along the left edge and top & bottom corners, to the middle of the hull, the left mast, ship (varnish), several minor areas in the sky, along the lower edge and in the four top sails of the center ship. The restoration is stable and well done.

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