Attributed to William Frederick Witherington RA, Portrait of Doctor Johnson, Oil on Panel, 35cm x 19cm

Copy of a portrait of Doctor Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds painted for Bennet Langton Esq

Labels verso: collection of Lewis Pocock, loan label for the Museum of Fine Arts May 1877

Condition Report

The painting is an oil on board and is framed without glazing. The paint surface has deep craquelure in the background exposing the board beneath, there is finer craquelure throughout the face and hair, some minor paint loss and flaking. There are accretions throughout and some dirt. The frame appears solid with secure joints, with surface cracks throughout and a deeper crack in the bottom right corner. Surface losses throughout the frame including to the edges.

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