A Good 18thC English School Portrait of a Lady c.1770 sub-Art & Sculpture Sometimes shells and other adornments

Sometimes shells and other adornments were added as we see here

one or two eyes are missing and the elephant is probably the most tired but the internal mechanisms are in operation

and the third quadrant represents Ireland

The stand is in mainly super order

Provenance: Chateau Bayenvaal

A Good 18thC English School Portrait of a Lady c.1770 sub-Art & Sculpture Sometimes shells and other adornmentsOrigin: English School Period: George III Provenance: Ex Christies London, 1987 Date: c. 1770 90 In Frame: 9. 75 x 8. 75 inches Canvas: 7 x 5. 75 inches The well depicted oil on canvas of small proportions showing a serene lady in a black veil on a dark charcoal ground, glancing down at a text, surviving from latter half of the eighteenth century and last consigned to Christies Auction House in London in 1987. The work has not been restored or cleaned