Choosing a framed antique oil brings centuries of studio craft, portraiture and landscape into a room.
Several portraits capture subjects distracted by domestic life, including ladies playing with their hair and dogs hunting hares.
![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)
