Lot 608 , Thomas Smythe (1825-1906) Catching crabs 11.5 x 15.5in.

Thomas Smythe (1825-1906)
oil on canvas
Catching crabs
signed
11.5 x 15.5in.
Estimate £600-800

Oil on canvas relined 20 - 30 years ago or so, canvas remains tight, paint perhaps a little dirty with a fine but stable craquelure running through the thicker white and dark brown to the left, apparently unsigned, bearing an attribution plaque and housed in a later pierced giltwood frame which is in fair order, no labels or inscriptions verso.


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Sold for £600