The making of the empire : the story of our colonies, from the earliest times to 1895 with additional chapter bringing the record down to December 1897
Entire surface is dirty with grime and could use a complete cleaning. Spots of unknown accretion all over surface. Mild and fine cracks in paint, especially on left half of painting. Canvas is loose in TR corner, due to apparently poor stretching of ca
Various cracks all over surface which appear to be pressure cracks from where the paint couldn't stretch, and cracked instead. Canvas in also loose. Frame has multiple small cracks and chips in the gild.