Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. 1646 - 1723

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of Joane, wife of Arthur Ayshford
oil on canvas

Three-quarter length, seated in a landscape, wearing a green dress and a blue cloak

Provenance

By family descent

Catalogue Note

The Ayshfords were an old Devon family who by family tradition had lived at Eisforde (or Ayshford), six miles east of Tiverton, since Stephanus de Eisforde in the eleventh century.