When searching for english baroque painting, you find works capturing seventeenth and early eighteenth century nobility and gentry.
King Charles spaniels occasionally sneak into the background of these formal portraits, keeping company with noble children.
![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)
