Description
Signed and dated 1742, oil on canvas
Dimensions
124.5cm x 95.5cm (49in x 37.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:Glennie sale, Sotheby's, 18 July 1928 (137), bt. Soames; Joseph Hayward, Chilterne House, Wiltshire; Christie's, 23 November 1973 (163, as unknown sitter), bt. Lacy; The Estate at Auchtertool House, Fife
Note;Identified in the 1928 sale catalogue as 'believed to be Miss Mitchell, grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Willys, Bart', i.e. Sir Thomas Willys (1612-1701), 1st Bt. of Fen Ditton.