'the picture you sent me is not my work, but a very respectable and carefull copy from a rather early one', offering for ?12 to repaint, 'make it my own work' and sign and date it, but if not required he will just clean it.
James Baker Pyne was a landscape painter and a member of the Bristol School of Artists, before he moved to London. He complains of feeling unwell, he died later in the year. This letter provides an interesting insight into the role of the artist as restorer.
'the picture you sent me is not my work, but a very respectable and carefull copy from a rather early one', offering for ?12 to repaint, 'make it my own work' and sign and date it, but if not required he will just clean it.
James Baker Pyne was a landscape painter and a member of the Bristol School of Artists, before he moved to London. He complains of feeling unwell, he died later in the year. This letter provides an interesting insight into the role of the artist as restorer.
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