Lot 171: JAMES LODER ACTIVE 1820-1860

'MERRY LASS, REES UP, WITH OWNER MR. DAVIS ON BRECON RACECOURSE

measurements
22 3/4 by 30 in.

alternate measurements
57.8 by 76.2 cm.

signed and dated J Loder Pinxit / Bath 1831, lower left

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Canvas lined, craquelure throughout, small contusion with associated minor flaking to lower right corner, under UV light inpainting and craquelure fill throughout, masking varnish

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PROVENANCE

Lane Fine Art, Ltd., London; Property from a Midwestern Estate (Sold: Sotheby's, New York, April 12, 1996, lot 48, illustrated); Acquired from the above by the present owner