Lot 805 , 18th Century English School Portrait of a lady wearing a red dress 30 x 25in.

18th Century English School
oil on canvas
Portrait of a lady wearing a red dress
30 x 25in.
Estimate £400-600

Relined 20-30 years ago or more. Camnvas remains tight. Paint looks clean. Notable craquelure in the face less so elsewhere suggesting much overpaint. Light diagonal surface scratch across the right of her dress. Later gilt frame. No labels verso or knowledge of who the sitter is.


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Sold for £700