english-school-18th-century-portrait-of-a-lady-in-pearls-and-ermine
Lot 2034
English School (18th century), Portrait of a Lady in Pearls and Ermine
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, retaining old label for William M. Walter of Liverpool (a carver, gilder and print seller, active circa 1840s-1880s) affixed to the verso, presented in an oval giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 30 x 24 3/4. Frame dimensions 38 x 33 in.

Private Collection, South Carolina

Age cracking and some denting to canvas, old lining, some flaking above the sitter's face and fleabite losses to the background, a few patched holes with associated retouching, and some scattered retouching, visible under UV light inspection; frame with age cracking and decoration loss.