British School, 18th century – Portrait of a Lady traditiona...

British School, 18th century – Portrait of a Lady traditionally identified as Mrs Wayne, nee Metcalf (b1726), bust length in a pink dress with green drapery and pearl earrings, feigned oval, 74 x 62cm, contemporary ebonised cavetto frame with sanded slip, an old label on the stretcher inscribed, probably in the 19th c, “Mrs Wayne’s portrait"

Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these 'rooms July 4, 2008, lot £1567