Walter Dendy SADLER: "The Bagman's Toast" - O/C

Oil on canvas titled "The Bagman's Toast: To Sweethearts and Wives", signed "W Dendy Sadler" lower right. Provenance: Collection of Sr. Alfred Bird. Sale: Phillips London, Jun. 3, 1997, lot 78; Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Worcestershire, England, #468
Condition Report: Frame rubbing. Glue relined. Scattered touches of inpaint, particularly a 4 1/2 x 1 inch area of inpaint in the fireplace mantel, scattered touches in the rug, the table cloth, the handle of the stool in the fireplace and the shadows of the figures clothing. Dense varnish, unable to detect further restoration under UV light.