"Sanctioned by the Council of Public Instruction, Quebec, for the elementary and model schools, protestant and Catholic and as a general English reader in French schools"
There is an indent in the canvas in TL corner. Frame: mitre joints splitting in all corners. Chip in frame c. 17 cm from BL corner; abrasion of gild in some areas (1996)
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
Crazing all around surface. Distinct mark indented into paint in area center. Canvas is loose from the frame. Frame has mild reddish-brown accretion marks from apparent rubbing.