Chinese School (circa 1850), The Shanghai Regatta with a View of the Bund

oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, circa 1850-1860, presented in a period frame.
Stretcher size 18 x 23 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 22 3/4 x 28 in.
Private Collection, Durham, North Carolina
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Heavy grime layer obscuring varnish layer below; dust to surface, particularly along edges of canvas; small white paint fleck in lower right corner; stable craquelure; small area of paint loss in upper left corner along stretcher edge; some paint loss along center of lower stretcher edge; minor chipping and rubbing to frame. Some evidence of minor retouch along edges of canvas are visible under UV light.