Portrait of a lady, half length, possibly Ethel Price-Davies (1872-1953, née Charlesworth) seated, wearing a fur-trimmed cape and pearlsoil on canvas 90 x 70cmProvenance:Presumably by descent from the sitter at Wood Hall, Hilgay, NorfolkThe presumed sitter married in 1891 Stafford Davies Price-Davies (1866-1939) of Marrington Hall.Framed 108 x 87.5cmThe painting is executed in oil on a linen canvas support. The canvas is unlined and attached to the original stretcher. The canvas tension is slightly slack and there are minor undulations across the surface. The paint layers are in a good condition overall. In the sitter’s cheek there is an area of loss where the upper paint layer has flaked away from a lower layer. The surface is slightly compromised by the varnish which is patchy and uneven. Thicker areas of varnish have yellowed over time. There is an uneven layer of surface dirt present with dust and fibres.