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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 541540, member: 33"]Is the writing on the back written on a separate piece of paper, as the one that [USER=8184]@Jivvy[/USER] found appears to be? I hope so, because otherwise would be confused as to how an original painting by Giles would have a signature of somebody else on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>It was suggested by [USER=50]@say_it_slowly[/USER] that the person whose sig is on the front was copying the painting by Giles. However, in that case the question still occurs to me... how is something that appears to be in Giles' handwriting attached to the back of a painting that might have been copied from his by somebody else?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I don't necessarily think the last name is either Tavish or Tavich. The last two letters especially are very unclear to me. I'm also not sure that the copyist's name is important (if it is a copy).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 541540, member: 33"]Is the writing on the back written on a separate piece of paper, as the one that [USER=8184]@Jivvy[/USER] found appears to be? I hope so, because otherwise would be confused as to how an original painting by Giles would have a signature of somebody else on it? It was suggested by [USER=50]@say_it_slowly[/USER] that the person whose sig is on the front was copying the painting by Giles. However, in that case the question still occurs to me... how is something that appears to be in Giles' handwriting attached to the back of a painting that might have been copied from his by somebody else? Also, I don't necessarily think the last name is either Tavish or Tavich. The last two letters especially are very unclear to me. I'm also not sure that the copyist's name is important (if it is a copy).[/QUOTE]
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