A Good 18thC English School Portrait of a Lady c.1770 antiques "Professor" Severn wrote a number

"Professor" Severn wrote a number of books and funded some almhouses in his home village of Codnor

modelled as a campagna top set with a Japanese Imari charger

for mounting purposes

and at the other end there is a small amount of loss to the pole

its style being in keeping

A Good 18thC English School Portrait of a Lady c.1770 antiques "Professor" Severn wrote a numberOrigin: 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