£5,000
After Michael Dahl (1659-1743) Swedish/British, Portrait of Lady Margaret Cavendish-Harley (1715-1785), Wife of William, 2nd Duke of Portland, as a child dressed as a shepherdess, oil on canvas, 154 x 122 cm, framed 171 x 140.5 cm Labelled on the reverse 'Portrait of the Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, daughter of the Earl of Oxford, (as a Shepherdess)' and attributed to Thomas Hudson. The original of this painting is known to have hung in the House Library of Welbeck Abbey, a country residence for the Dukes of Portland. An 1894 catalogue of paintings belonging to His Grace the Duke of Portland describes the painting as being signed and inscribed. Private collection, from the estate of a large Oxfordshire country house. Previously, the property of 'Mrs Harrison-Bradley'
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