Filthy little painting, but is it something?

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I picked this painting up the other day. It's really dirty, but it looked old, and maybe decent underneath. It is oil on board and measures 9 1/2" by 13". I just realized that odd little shape of red in the tree above the boat was candle wax and scraped most of it off, but it left a red mark. As you can see, there are two good size scrapes on it.
    I don't see a signature - I plan on taking it out of the frame this afternoon.
    On the bottom of the frame, on the back, someone has written "Scene in Colorado" with a pencil. Something is also written across the top of the frame but I can't make it out, even with my light up magnifying glass.
    Sorry about the crummy pictures - I just seem to get worse at it.
    Any and all ideas and information are welcome. Thanks!

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    Bookahtoo, Apr 13, 2019
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    Don’t know if that’s any help.
     
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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks. I have more pictures but the mouse on my laptop is going crazy and it's hard to do anything but type right now.
     
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Some clue to age, if board was new when painting was done. Don't know when you could last give an NYC address as corner of X & Y. Fulton & William are in the downtown, old historic part of Manhattan.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Street_(Manhattan)

    There's a subway station below Fulton & William now. And an art supply business could not afford to be in the neighborhood. The last was Pearl Paint.
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    What's it doing? I had to redo the settings on mine yesterday after being on a page of this site.
     
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  6. BaseballGames

    BaseballGames Well-Known Member

    Bookahtoo, this might not be the problem, but it sounds like it probably is: open up the underside of your mouse and use a fingernail to clean off the little bitty wheels inside...
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That is charming. Can you post a close-up of the writing?

    Debora
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    That assumes a track ball mouse & is good advice. When my optical mouse gets scatty, first thing I do is blow out any cat fur in the 'eye', which always fixes it. Yesterday, after changing the setting for how many lines the mouse jumps when I scroll, for good measure I took a hatpin & picked out the fur accumulated next to the scroll wheel. Since I had also had to change the batteries, cleaned the fur out of that compartment too. How does it get in there?!
     
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  9. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I don't actually have a mouse, I have a trackpad - I just forgot that's what it's called.

    The pointer won't follow my finger on the trackpad - it jumps all around, or is slow, or goes where it wants to. I tried attaching a wireless mouse but I don't like it.

    I love machines, but hate when they won't work properly.

    I will ask DH to take photos of the writing - hopefully he'll be able to get better ones.
     
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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    And I hate trackpads. Should be settings for it in computer's tools. When my mouse goes wonky, the settings look fine, but I change them, then change back & does the trick. Worth a try. :)
     
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  11. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks Bronwen - I'll try it.
     
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  12. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Well, the trackpad seems to be working again...for now.

    Here are some photos that DH took of the back of the top part of the frame:


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  13. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I'm hoping that some of you can do that magic trick you do with these pictures so the letters all of a sudden pop out! :)
     
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  14. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    It doesn't look like a Coloradoan scene.

    Debora
     
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  15. Bookahtoo

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    Here's a photo of the bottom of the frame I took earlier:

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  16. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Maybe it doesn't say Colorado, Debora. :hilarious:
     
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  17. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Very possibly but I -- for one -- can't read it. Sorry. (Charming nevertheless.)

    Debora
     
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  18. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I thought I could, but looking at it here, I'm not sure anymore!
     
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  19. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    That's some tough writing there... I mucked around with it, but...

    Could be "Colorado"... *squint face* but it looks like there might be a "y" on the end... but it's the wrong size? I dunno.

    The other bit. Starts with "Cl" ... "El" ... maybe "L" next bit "Mo???"

    I hope you find something when you take it out of the frame.

    Of doubtful value:

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  20. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Book, is it a USB mouse that has a couple of triple A batteries that need changing???? Or if it's a 'touchpad', I have no suggestions!!
    EDIT: Just saw.....that hour late and dollar short again!!!!!:wideyed::D:smuggrin:
     
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