Oil on canvas in an 18th century gilt frame.A charming portrait typical of its period and influenced by the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, the dominant Court and Society painter of his time.This provincial portrait of Cornish gentry has a direct, truthful quality often missing in the work of the more sophisticated followers of Kneller who often achieved merely a blandly fashionable image devoid of personality. This lady has a real personality.Provincial she may be, but she has faithfully emulated the high fashion of the Court in her hair style, the ''undress'' robe and her plunging neckline.This portrait is from a large Cornish estate where it was for generations...possibly since painted. Over the centuries the identity of the sitter was forgotten and the painting moved into obscurity in a little used area of the mansion.SIZE: 33.5 x 28.25 x 2 inches including the frame.PROVENANCE: by direct descent through a Cornish family. The Penrose Estate, Porthleven, Corn...