manner of Johan Zoffany (British, 1733-1810), Portrait of an Ensign

Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, later inscribed on the stretcher "Zoffany" and "Sir John Clavering," presented in a later antique gilt composition frame.

DOA 35.5 x 30 in.

From the Estate of the late Peggy Futrelle Nowell, Raleigh and Pinehurst, North Carolina

Over-cleaned; scratch to background above sitter's proper left shoulder; obscuring varnish and minimal scattered re-touch visible under UV light; stable cracks and some minor chipping to frame.