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Portrait of a Puppy, Signed Oil on Mahogany Panel by Charles Chaplin, 1882 The small framed panel on a pale wall above a chest of drawers, no wider than the drawer front

Portrait of a Puppy, Signed Oil on Mahogany Panel by Charles Chaplin, 1882

Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891)

Listed artist

French painter of elegant female portraits in the eighteenth-century taste.

Medium

Oil on mahogany panel

Painting size

9 ½ x 6 ¾ in. (24 x 17 cm.)

Signature

Signed Chaplin lower left, dated 1882 lower right

Period

1882

Framed size

13 x 10 ¼ in. (33 x 26 cm.)

Price

$3,800 USD

Frame. Carved and gilded frame, beaded outer molding, foliate inner course, gilding worn to the red bole, losses and gaps at the joints

Condition. Good condition for its age. The panel carries a vertical split, restored with a cardboard backing at the reverse, and remains slightly curved. The paint surface is stable.

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Signed and dated 1882 portrait of a puppy by Charles Chaplin, oil on bare mahogany panel in a carved gilt frame
The small framed panel on a pale wall above a chest of drawers, no wider than the drawer front
The framed panel seen from the side, showing the depth of the beaded moulding
The head close, the dark mask around the eyes and muzzle worked in thin glazes over the fawn coat
The signature at the lower left, painted directly onto the bare wood
Signed bottom left and dated bottom right 1882
The framed panel in natural light, the wood ground reading warm against the gilding
The signature at the lower left and the date at the lower right, painted directly onto the bare mahogany
The vertical split running the height of the panel at the upper right, with the bare mahogany and the frame moulding beside it
The ear laid over the bare mahogany, the grain of the wood running vertically through the paint and out into the untouched panel beside it
The dark mask worked in thin glazes over the fawn, with the mahogany showing through the paint on either side of the head
Reverse showing the cardboard backing and the handwritten inscription in ink (signed Chaplin puppy portrait 1882)
Signed and dated 1882 portrait of a puppy by Charles Chaplin, oil on bare mahogany panel in a carved gilt frame
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Description

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Charles Joshua Chaplin (French, 1825-1891)
Portrait of a Puppy
Oil on mahogany panel

Signed Chaplin lower left, dated 1882 lower right, the last figures under the rebate of the frame. 9 ½ x 6 ¾ inches (24 x 17 cm), the frame 13 x 10 ¼ inches (33 x 26 cm). Carved giltwood frame. A restored vertical split, the paint surface stable.

The background is the bare mahogany of the panel, its red grain running up behind the dog. No ground was laid over it, and no paint goes where it was not needed. The puppy is seen close and cut at the chest, its head turned to us. The fawn coat is laid in with broad soft strokes, while the dark mask around the eyes and muzzle is worked in thin glazes and the ears fall soft against the head.

The forelegs are barely indicated, so everything holds on the gaze. Beside the head the grain of the wood runs straight through the thin paint and out into the untouched panel.

Note

The back of the panel carries a note in ink giving the animal a name, Souki, the family she belonged to, and a date in March 1964 when the picture passed from one hand to another. Eighty years after it was painted, somebody thought it worth writing down who the dog had been.

Condition report

Age shows on close inspection.

Good condition for its age. The panel carries a vertical split, restored with a cardboard backing at the reverse, and remains slightly curved. The paint surface is stable.

Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891)

Portrait of a Puppy, Signed Oil on Mahogany Panel by Charles Chaplin, 1882

Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891)
Size 9 ½ x 6 ¾ in.Framed 13 x 10 ¼ in.
ConditionGood See report and photos ↓
FramePeriod frame · Giltwood
Medium Oil on mahogany panel1882
Price $3,800 USD
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Details

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Oil on mahogany panel · 1882 · Signed · Period frame

The reverse

Card backing carrying a handwritten ink inscription

Artist
Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891)
Origin
France
Style
Academic
Size
9 ½ x 6 ¾ in. (24 x 17 cm.)
Signature
Signed Chaplin lower left, dated 1882 lower right
Frame
Period frameGiltwoodCarved and gilded frame, beaded outer molding, foliate inner course, gilding worn to the red bole, losses and gaps at the jointsFramed 13 x 10 ¼ in. (33 x 26 cm.)

What the grades mean

All grades are relative to the age of the painting. They describe the painting itself, the frame is described separately. Fine age craquelure is normal and never lowers a grade.

Where signs of age can be seenUp closeAt normal viewing distance
Very goodminorNo
GoodThis paintingYesNo
FairYesYes
Needs conservationYesdamage

GoodThis painting

Stable. Signs of age or earlier restoration are visible on close inspection, such as small retouches or a slightly yellowed varnish. The overall appearance is intact.

Other grades

Very good

Stable. Only minor, old retouches or very small losses, not distracting at normal viewing distance. The canvas may have been relined or cleaned in the past.

Fair

Stable and ready to hang, but wear or earlier restoration is noticeable at normal viewing distance, such as visible retouching, a discoloured varnish or scattered small losses.

Needs conservation

Visible damage a conservator should treat, such as flaking, a tear, larger losses or heavy old repaint. Every issue is shown in the photographs.

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Portrait of a Puppy, 1882

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