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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 3940, member: 60&quot;]Just kidding!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This has a signature but I can&#039;t make it out.&nbsp;&nbsp; I tried using magnified photos but that only made it worse.&nbsp; It looks like there is an R and the last 2 letters may be ET.&nbsp; After the signature there is a small # 75.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have more photos of the signature that I made lighter and darker and from different angles.&nbsp; You can see them at this&nbsp; link to my photobucket album - password is&nbsp; painting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s173.photobucket.com/user/Millcovetreasures/library/Art%20Oil%20Painting/Art%20Oil%20Painting%20Large%20Pics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s173.photobucket.com/user/Millcovetreasures/library/Art%20Oil%20Painting/Art%20Oil%20Painting%20Large%20Pics" rel="nofollow">http://s173.photobucket.com/user/Millcovetreasures/library/Art Oil Painting/Art Oil Painting Large Pics</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What style would you call this?&nbsp; Tonalism?&nbsp; The painting is 10&quot; by 5 1/2&quot; and the frame is 15&quot; by 10 1/2&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; The&nbsp; frame looks old.&nbsp; Unfortunately,&nbsp; it has vertical cracks appearing in the wood.&nbsp; There is a brighter gold paint visible, especially in the lower left corner of the frame.&nbsp; Do you think this was the original color and the rest is dirty or, is the paint having some type of chemical reaction?&nbsp;&nbsp; The painting is very dirty, it looks brighter in my photographs because of the bright lights I use.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I removed the paper on the back that was obviously replaced at some point.&nbsp; The board is very rough as you can see in the photograph.&nbsp; &nbsp; Do you think 1875 could be the date?&nbsp; &nbsp; This is my first post and first time uploading photographs, I&#039;m not sure why my first photo is showing twice.&nbsp; Sorry about that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thank you, I look forward to your thoughts. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]748[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]752[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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