Provenance:
Clifford Ellison, Northampton, England, January 1990

Note:
Clifford Ellison (1920-2015) was a prominent fine art restorer who was a founding member and President of the British Association of Picture Restorers (now the British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers). In 1970, he was appointed as the picture restorer to Queen Elizabeth II, a position he held until 1979. Throughout his career, Ellison carried out restoration work for the National Trust and the National Portrait Gallery, the private collection of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and renowned London dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons and Colnaghi, among others.