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

British School, 18th century – Portrait of a Lady traditionally identified as Mrs Eliot, nee Metcalf (b1726), bust length in a pale grey satin gown, pearl earrings and blue drapery, feigned oval, oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm, contemporary ebonised frame with sanded slip, an old label on the stretcher inscribed “Mrs Eliot’s portrait”

Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these 'rooms, July 4, 2008, lot £1205