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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Antiquefab, post: 9558575, member: 79338&quot;]Hi Mikah.The letters A D S&nbsp; which in your first post you said you &quot;had seen on some 1800s canvases &quot; I beleive it may have confused forumers believing the letters to be printed on the canvas itself.On seeing the new picture of the back of the painting the initials&nbsp; are actually on the metal stretcher keys.The initials refer to Aaron Draper Shattuck the inventor and patent holder of the stretcher&nbsp; keys,first patented in 1883.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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