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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 9857788, member: 82566&quot;]as i stated, someone attached this painting to the frame with quarter round molding.&nbsp; i&#039;ve never come across this before.&nbsp; it&#039;s impossible to see if the canvas is stapled or nailed without damaging the molding and possibly the stretcher or the frame.&nbsp; i tried to loosen it a little but because of the way it&#039;s nailed in two directions, into the stretcher and into the frame, the only way to even pull it back a little to get a peek, is gonna cause damage.&nbsp; it&#039;s seriously on there.&nbsp; also, when this was found there was cardboard stapled to the backside, completely covering the canvas.&nbsp; i think that&#039;s why canvas is so clean and white.&nbsp; there are a few areas of craquelure on the painting and these show through on the canvas.&nbsp; i was thinking this might have been an illustration.&nbsp; in davenports there are 5 or 6 listed artists named Cross that were illustrators.&nbsp; unfortunately, they&#039;re not terribly important artists and google doesn&#039;t show many examples of their work for comparison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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