Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Frederick Tudgay (British, 1841-1921)
Portrait of the British Clipper Ship Miltiades with Distant Lighthouse andVessels. Signed and dated "F. Tudgay 1871" l.r. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 30 in., in a later gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Small paint loss u.l. sky, relined, scattered retouch.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
The paint loss u.l. about 3/16 in. lg., Numerous unobtrusive scattered small spots of retouch primarily in sky and water but some on vessel, not noticeable unless under black light.