Follower of George Romney (British, 1734-1802) Portrait of a Cleric, previously believed to be the

Follower of George Romney (British, 1734-1802) Portrait of a Cleric, previously believed to be the Very Reverend Joseph Palmer, Dean of Cashel (1749-1829) oil on canvas 89 x 68cm (35 x 27in) Provenance: From a Cambridgeshire country house Condition:Dirty and with a large repaired U-shaped tear to the centre..Sally Woodcock, who is writing her doctorate on excise stamps and canvas makers, reports that the stamp on the back of the portrait is definitely an excise stamp which means the canvas cannot have been prepared after 1831 but she suggests the work is from 1814 to 1831.Oil on canvas, recently lined. Old tears and losses to the canvas have been repaired. Losses to the decorative moulding on the frame.