Filthy little painting, but is it something?

I know there's a way a frame like that can sometimes be salvaged....I haven't done it, but read about it.....

 

I think this might be about the same as Jivvy's...tough to get that lettering to show up intelligibly.......

 

Hairy mouse!!!

 

I think it says "Scene in Colorado" what is after is probably scratches in the wood

 

Could you take pictures of the lower right and lower left corners anyway? It's possible a sig could be teased out of the grime.

What age are people thinking? Late 19th century? Something else? (or, more properly, what age are people thinking the frame is?)

 

It's an amateur painting. It has it's charm, but it's no undiscovered masterpiece. You want to be careful cleaning it: sometimes paintings like these seem to benefit from the mellowing effects of time and a bit of grime.

 

Hi
I only recommend the salvia since it was taught to me by the MET in NYC. They say anything that might contain water is a NONO. Since it may soak to the gesso layer and later months or years it will crack and pieces will fall off. I have used salvia for years now and never had a problem.
greg

 

I totally agree.

Still, cannot resist the puzzle.

 

You might try William Lemos, he had a booth at the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk, born in 1861 and passed away in 1942: Many of his paintings are in big gold frames and unsigned. He also had a son who was an artist. I have one of his paintings that is a forest fire . He was blind / almost blind ? by the time he passed away , so his quality of paintings changed in his later life . He is a listed California artist, his wife Mabel also painted I believe . He was born in New York.....

https://www.invaluable.com/artist/lemos-william-m-r4ki5ir51l/sold-at-auction-prices/

http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/William_M_Lemos/106550/William_M_Lemos.aspx

 

and His mother was an artist too, painted the Chicago fire pictures

 

...sigh... I expect you're right about the "no signature"...

but thanks for posting the pics.