Restoration era portrait art captures the nobility and notable figures of the late seventeenth century through enduring painted and printed likenesses.
Several seventeenth-century ladies are immortalised holding garden oranges, a botanical status symbol at the time.
![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)
