Percival De Luce
(American, 1847-1914)

"Out for a Walk"

oil on canvas
signed lower right.
Presented in a period giltwood and gesso frame.
22" x 16"

In estate condition. Slight looseness to canvas. Scattered soiling, accretions, craquelure. Pin-prick sized looses to paint, most visible close to upper edge, along with possible old attempts at inpainting. Very small tear with a accompanying losses to paint to upper edge at the edge of stretcher. Abrasions to the right of the figure, revealig a underpainting (shadow of another figure). Frame with scattered losses, most notable to the corners.