This portrait is similar in manner to those executed by the Dutch artist Herman van der Mijn. Born in Amsterdam, he worked there and as well as Antwerp and Dusseldorf before coming to England in the early 1720s. Working in central London he started a successful practice with good society patronage. His style was quite particular and George Vertue considered him “a very Laborious neat painter”. His portraits are typified by their high finish something that Ellis Waterhouse termed as “steely”. This approach can be seen quite clearly here with the red mantle and blue dress and it is possible that this is a work undertaken by a pupil painter working perhaps from his studio.

Kinnersley Castle one of the many Marches castles sited by the Normans along the Welsh border. It is predominantly the remodelled Elizabethan manor house of the Vaughan family, owners during the 16th century, that is seen today, though the castle has changed hands many times throughout history. This portrait possibly represents a member of the Morgan family who owned Kinnersley from the mid 17th century for nearly two hundred years. Kinnersley was one of the landed estates of Sir Thomas Morgan who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War and then backed the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.