Lot 33: WILLIAM J. WEBBE | A Street in Jerusalem

oil on canvas

76 by 61cm., 30 by 24in.

oil on canvas

STRUCTURE The canvas has been lined. There is some separation to th epaint surface in the sky, apparent in the illustration. Covered with a layer of discooured varnish, would benefit from a light surface clean. Some light craquelure in parts. There is a small surface abrasion towards the lower centre with corresponding paint loss. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There is some retouching to the extreme top right edge, otherwise in apparently good order. FRAME In a modern plain wooden frame.
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Possibly, London, British Institution, 1863
Probably, London, Royal Academy, 1864, no. 383 as A Shop in Jerusalem

Purchased by the grandfather of the present owner in Liverpool in the 1930s, thence by descent to the present owner