WILLIAM M. HART (American, 1823-1894). HIGHLAND LANDSCAPE, signed, dated 1853 and located Edinburgh lower left. Oil on canvas - 26 3/4 in. x 36 3/4 in. Estimate $5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE: Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC.
Lined; fine craquelure; surface debris; minor stretcher stress, especially at left edge. UV: Areas of scattered inpainting in sky, especially at top center edge. Areas of inpainting in rock at left, in center foreground and in rocks in left right corner, few minor dots in trees. Frame is new striated cove molding with acanthus leaf motif at corners.
