Portrait of Lady Catherine Hanmer, bust-length, in a brown decollété dress and shawl, with a pearl necklace, in a feigned oval

Allan Ramsay, R.A. (Edinburgh 1713-1784 Dover) Portrait of Lady Catherine Hanmer, bust-length, in a brown decollété dress and shawl, with a pearl necklace, in a feigned oval signed and dated 'A. Ramsay Pinxit 1739.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Lady Catherine Hanmer'(lower right) oil on canvas, unlined 30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.5 x 63.9 cm.) in a contemporary carved, gilded and pierced frame