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Lot Description

Edwin Armfield

(British, 19th century)

Two Hounds Chasing a Pheasant

oil on canvas

signed E. Armfield (lower left)

8 x 10 inches.

Property from the Collection of Frances G. Scaife

Edwin Armfield’s paintings are pure and earnest images of the hunt and its drama. The artist painted many canvases of dogs in varying numbers chasing pheasants, foxes, and other targets of the British hunt, with attention to the texture of the dogs’ coats and the patterns of the forest foliage.

Condition Report

Framed: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches.

Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is wax lined and the recto bears the impression of the canvas weave as a result of the lining process; stretcher bar lines around image perimeter; network of mostly stable craquelures throughout, with one localized area of tenting paint in upper left corner. Under UV light, two small spots of inpainting in the upper right corner and a localized area of strokes of inpainting in the upper left corner; dots of inpainting in the white fur of the left-most dog; one small area of inpainting along the lower left edge. Additional images available upon request.

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