Reverse of a canvas on a wooden stretcher with black stencilled marks and chalk numbers, showing no painted surface.

Back of a canvas on a wooden stretcher

The reverse of a painted canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher, showing unprimed brown-grey linen, a crossbar, and corner blocks. Stencilled black marks read 3 9 8 DK and an A, with chalked numerals 173 and 19 2/3 on the fabric.

Artist: Holden, Albert William, 1848-1932.
Date: [1900?]
Medium: Oil paintings Paintings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 3226 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1910.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

museum object back of painting canvas reverse