Technique

Marine, Private Collection

Thinly painted on the sky and shore, with thicker, creamy brushstrokes on the waves.

Marine, verso

Marine, verso

It is painted on a board with an uneven bevelled edge on the verso, as seen above.

Conservation History

Marine, detail

Marine, verso

A conservator, Simon Parkes, commented that when he examined it in November 2015, it was in 'unusually good condition' although it could be slightly dirty, and there was nothing to suggest the butterfly, though faint, was a later addition. 1

Frame

Marine, frame, detail

Not original.