HENRY MARRIOT PAGET (English, 1856-1936). LADY IN MAROON DRESS WITH OSTRICH FAN, signed lower left. Oil on canvas - 35 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. Estimate $1,200-1,600
Lined, some areas of fine craquelure. UV: 4 in. x 2 in. area of overpaint behind her neck at upper left; also are of overpaint along her profile. Some lines of inpainting on back of chair behind her shoulder at left. Area of inpainting in in dress between her forearms and also in ostrich fan around her left hand. 8 in. horizontal area of inpainting along arm of chair and another along upper rim of bowl at lower center. Few other scattered dots of inpainting . Signature sppears to have been strengthened. Traces of old varnish in her face and elsewhere.
