Lithgow Mural Fund

Albany as a Trading Post

Title: Albany as a Trading Post
Size: 44½ x 52¼
Location: East Wall
Support: Cotton Duck
Paint Film:    Lean vehicular oil is applied with very low impasto. Youth cracks are visible in scattered areas. Thin washes of paint are used to fill in blocks of color.
Surface Coating: A very light coating has been applied.
Adhesive: White Lead
Albany as a Trading Post
Albany as a Trading Post
Defects: lower right There are scattered small losses in the lower left quadrant and a new large area of loss at the lower right. Here paint has been lost in an area 1¼ x 1¼." The canvas is detached in the lower right corner 1½" at the bottom and 3" on the right side. There is some blanching of the paint film caused by spattered water. The surface is covered with grime.

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