When you search for a brown framed portrait painting, you find historical depictions of figures and animals encased in timber mouldings that anchor the canvas to the wall.
Several portraits preserve the likenesses of distinguished racing pigeons and prize-winning shorthorn bulls alongside human nobility.
![17th Century Portrait Circle of Michael Dahl,of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706]](https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/photosnew/dealer_countryhousefineart/dealer_countryhousefineart_full_1525617097668-7609063232.jpg)
