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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 101524, member: 37&quot;]I use a free editing tool called <i>Serif Photo Plus</i>.&nbsp; I manipulated the contrast, saturation, and hue values quite a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I considered that this might be <i>E. Washington</i> abbreviated but that really does not look like a <i>W</i>.&nbsp; Could not find any matching artists just the same.&nbsp; The period at the end is a bit puzzling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing this as <i>E. Marsh</i> does explain the wonky <i>A</i> but I am not so sure.&nbsp; All of the other letters are pretty well separated. </p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like a pretty nice painting and I imagine these photos don&#039;t quite do it justice.&nbsp; There is an overall hazy look to it that I think is unintended.&nbsp; Is this a function of the photos or does it really look this way?&nbsp; If it really looks this way, I would think the paint surface has oxidized a bit.&nbsp; In this case, a cleaning and coat of varnish would do wonders for it.&nbsp; The scratches on it would probably be a pretty easy fix in the process.&nbsp; Some of them might actually just disappear, while some might need some touch up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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