English School, 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman of the Monins family, probably the Rev. Richard Eaton Monins, half-length, in a grey coat, holding a book indistinctly signed and dated L**** Hud*** Pin*t/ Ao ** 27' (lower left) and inscribed 'AETATIS.SUAE/ 77.' and charged with sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right) oil on canvas 87.7 x 72.6cm (34 1/2 x 28 9/16in). framed: 113 x 96cm Footnotes: Provenance The sitter and thence by descent to the present owner This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing