18th Century Miniature painting Help ID Artist

Why do you believe it dates to the 1700s? Size? What is the medium? Anything on the back?

Debora

 

Hi Debora, it looks like there is a name and date under the subjects right foot.

 

Hi Debora I'm not sure about the date it's 8 by 6 inches it looks like ink with bodycolour I bought a case full of small paintings some of them very old with holes and some missing parts I will post them later

 

There is nothing under the foot it's just a stain

 

Thank you for your responses to my questions. Would you be kind enough to post a photograph of the back?

Debora

 

here is the back of it

 

Perhaps I should have specified an in focus, close-up photograph of the back so we could access the nails, backing material, wire -- all of which would be helpful in determining age?

Debora

 

Have you looked at the other ones one with a date 1740 could be by the same artist that why I thought it's the 18th century