Description
Attributed to Sir Allan Ramsay (Scottish 1713-1784)
Portrait of Mrs Baxendale wife of Joseph Baxendale Esq.
Titled on an old label verso
Oil on canvas in a carved wood William Kent style frame
76 x 63cm; 30 x 24 ¾in
The Victoria and Albert Museum, from a photo, say that the highly elaborate gown would have been expensive at the time and would almost certainly have been sourced in London. It is possible it is a court dress. The picture dates from the late 1740's.
Provenance:
Private Scottish family, direct descendants of the sitter, from whom purchased by the present owner.
