18thC Governess Wearing a Shawl a Portrait Swedish School Oil Painting c1780/90

18thC Governess Wearing a Shawl a Portrait Swedish School Oil Painting c1780/90 ARTIST: Late 18thC Scandinavian School SUBJECT: Charming half-length portrait of a Governess wearing a linen and lace shawl MEDIUM: Oil on canvas SIGNATURE: Appears signed lower left but barely legible and unreadable, therefore DATE: Dates c1780 / 1790 SIZE: Visible painting 71.5 x 60.5cm (28 x 23.75 inches), Frame 86 x 75c, (34 x 29.5 inches), Depth 6cm (2.52 inches) PROVENANCE: British estate sale, private collection; A hand-written label to verso claims the painting descended from a David Walker and was previously acquired at auction– we are unable to confirm the attribution, so well worth researching CONDITION: Overall, very good for its age; the work appears to have been relined in antiquity and later, ret.