PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY WILSON, OF DALLAM TOWER, HALF-LENGTH, IN A PINK DRESS DECORATED WITH PEARLS, FEIGNED OVAL

THE SITTER, THE DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIR OF SIR WILLIAM FLEMING, 1ST BT., OF RYDAL HALL, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR WESTMORLAND [1696-1707], AND HIS WIFE DOROTHY, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS ROWLANDSON, OF KENDAL. SHE MARRIED EDWARD WILSON (FOR WHOM SEE THE PREVIOUS LOT), OF DALLAM TOWER, MILNTHORPE, WESTMORLAND, IN 1746.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THIS PORTRAIT MAY BE BY THE LANCASHIRE PORTRAIT PAINTER JAMES CRANKE, SENIOR (1707-1780).