Portrait details: Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689-1760 London)
Portrait of Ralph Crathorne 1687-1755, of Ness Hall, North Riding, Yorkshire. Full length, seated at a table with grapes, peaches, a riding hat, a hammer and a pruning knife, in a landscape, gesturing to a vinery wall, in a landscape signed and dated 'Ph Mercier/pinxit. Ano. 1740' (lower right), oil on canvas. 78 3/4 x 55 3/8 (200 x 141.4 cm)