Circle of Charles Jervas (c. 1675-1739)
Circle of Charles Jervas (c. 1675-1739)

Portrait of Mrs Henry Mildmay, full-length, in a fur-lined satin gown and red wrap, holding flowers

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Circle of Charles Jervas (c. 1675-1739)
Portrait of Mrs Henry Mildmay, full-length, in a fur-lined satin gown and red wrap, holding flowers
indistinctly inscribed and dated '...Mildmay 17../Wife of C(?)- H- Mildmay Esq' (lower right)
oil on canvas
94¼ x 58 in. (239.3 x 147.3 cm.)

Lot Essay

The inscription is difficult to decipher but on the basis of what is legible the sitter, seems likely to be Dorothy, daughter and heiress of John Eastmant of Sherborne, Dorset who married Carew Herrey Mildmay of Hazlegrove, Somerset, and of Mules, Essex, M.P. of Harwich in 1718.

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