Overall excellent with no rips, holes or apparent repairs. Our pictures of this painting suggest this has an overall yellow tint. However, this is not an accurate representation of the actual colors you'd see in person. The true colors are shown within the close-up detail pics. The large baroque gilt gesso and wood frame has little bits of gilt flaking but no major losses or repairs. This frame is actually in fantastic condition thanks to the storage/shipping. We have retained this custom wood crate for eventual shipping, and it is included within the winning bid. Please take note of how large this artwork is. The oval painting's sight size alone is: 42" x 32". The frame size is 52" x 44" and is approx. 8" to 10" deep. FROM WIKI BIO: John Phillip (19 April 1817?1867) was a Victorian era Scottish painter best known for his portrayals of Spanish life. He started painting these studies after a trip to Spain in 1851. He was nicknamed John 'Spanish' Phillip. Born into a poor family in Aberdeen in Scotland, Phillip's artistic talent was recognized at an early age. Lord Panmure paid for Phillip to become the student of Thomas Musgrave Joy in London briefly in 1836. His education at the Royal Academy of Arts was paid for by Panmure. While at the academy, Phillip became a member of The Clique, a group of aspirant artists organized by Richard Dadd. The Clique identified as followers of William Hogarth and David Wilkie. Phillip's own career was to follow that of fellow-Scot Wilkie very closely, beginning with carefully detailed paintings depicting the lives of Scottish crofters. He moved on to much more broadly painted scenes of Spanish life influenced by Bartolom Esteban Murillo and Diego Velazquez. Phillip's early works tended to depict pious Scots families. In 1851 he visited Spain after he was advised to travel to southern Europe for his health. Thereafter he concentrated on Spanish subjects. The first of these, The Letter Writer, Seville, displayed the influence of Pre-Raphaelitism, a movement he had previously opposed, along with most other members of The Clique, despite his friendship with Millais, one of its leaders. He was so influenced by his travels that he advised other artists to do the same. Some artists, such as Edwin Long, took this advice and were similarly inspired. In the late 1850s and 1860s, Phillip's style became much broader and more painterly, in line with Millais's late work. Phillip's two most important paintings in these years were The Early Career of Murillo (1864) and La Gloria (1865, National Gallery of Scotland). The first depicted the young Murillo drawing his art from Spanish street-life; the second portrayed a Spanish wake for a dead child. Phillip was commissioned to paint the wedding in 1858 of Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later German Emperor Frederick III. Phillip married Richard Dadd's sister. Like her brother she became insane. Phillip's self-portrait, The Evil Eye, commissioned by his close friend Patrick Allan-Fraser, is in Hospital field House in Arbroath, along with portraits of other members of The Clique. In 1867 Phillip died of a stroke while visiting William Powell Frith in Kensington and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, behind the grand monument to William Mulready on the central avenue.

52 x 44 x 3 in