£1,600
English School, early 18th c - Portrait of Dame Alice Barker, three quarter length in a red dress with pearls and blue stole, with a tame squirrel on a gold chain held in her left hand, oil on canvas, 89.5 x 69.5cm, carved and gilded frame
Dame Alice Barker (1708-1771) was the daughter and heiress of Sir Comport Fytche, 2nd Bt. (1670-1720) and his wife Anne Robinson (1682-1737). Alice Fytche married on 28 October 1740 for Sir John Barker, 6th Bt. (1714-1757) of The Chantry, Sproughton and Grimston Hall, Suffolk. Their son, John Fytche Barker (1741-1766) succeeded his father as the 7th baronet
Old restoration with localised over-painting
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