Robin Netherton wrote:
No clues, but something doesn't feel right about the portrait; the face seems Victorian.
That was my first thought, due to the face, but the rest of it seems less so.
It may be a later copy, or perhaps if this is an older book (pre-photography), it is an engraving intended to show the painting.
That would be my guess -- a tantalizing lead for the real painting. What marvelous sleeves!
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