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Description:
Johan Herman Faber (Flemish, 1734-1800) After Joseph Wright of Derby (British 1734-1797)
Copy After An Iron Forge
Signed and dated "JHFaber 1773" l.r., a label from Geo. Wilkinson & Son, Sheffield, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in. (61.0 x 81.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Old repair to u.l. quadrant, craquelure, scattered areas of lifting, scattered small losses to paint as a result from flaking.
Provenance: The estate of Henry D. Childs, Massachusetts and Florida.
N.B. This work is a copy of Joseph Wright of Derby's An Iron Forge (47.8 x 52.0 in.) in the collection of the Tate, London.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Wilkinson, Joseph Wright, Henry, Johan Herman Faber, Wilkinson &, Derby, LondonStuart Slavid
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