« Reply #15 on: Monday 10 September 12 18:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Adrian,
many thanks for taking the time. the images are attached. Playing around with a scan of the back of the portrait the signature reads "By Miller" (though "Mill??" variants may be possible). I was hoping that i might find more information, perhaps a full name of the artist or something to help narrow down the geography but have not come up with anything.
Unfortunately I have nothing more tangible than this to go on. The portrait comes from my late Aunt without much provenance other than a story 'perhaps' that the family was rich and he was travelling Europe. Certainly the dress is good quality. However, my own research into the Raby line we are connected to does not provide for a huge amount of wealth as far as I can see. The Raby's in my line are from Leicestershire but also Manchester. I can provide some background information to this but so far I haven't made links to any John Raby's.
Best regards
Kevin
Gay, Flood, Keefe, Ennis: Westmeath Ireland.
Flood, Keefe Ennis: Chicago, St. Louis, New York.
Kaveney, Burke: Ireland, Staffordhire.
Hunt, Davis, Taylor, West, Fox, Spencer: Loughborough, Leicester, Rutland, Northants.
Wise, Farrow, Garbett, Oakley: North Yorks, Cleveland
HOFSTÄTTER, Konrad, Geiregger: Austria, Germany