Thomas Phillips RA (1770-1845) Portrait of Mrs Hely Hutchinson, half length, in a black dress and white lace bonnet and holding a locket indistinctly signed l.r., oil on canvas 76 x 64cm Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer has a network of age cracks, in the background some of the cracks are slightly raised. There is wrinkling to the paint layer in the sitter’s face and along the upper edge. Retouchings covering cracks in the face are finely applied and well matched to the original. In the background and dress areas of overpaint are more broadly applied. The varnish is even, glossy and clear.