Wonderful Chaotic & Mischievousness Miniature Painting

This miniature which is all at once, comic, charming and chaotic, especially with that darling cat hanging from the table at the centre of it. The scene is set in an 18th century interior with a staid bewigged gentleman enjoying the cynical attentions of a younger woman whom behind his back presents in the form of the Ace of hearts playing card her love to a younger more classically dashing young Officer. All this being witnessed by two dogs and a maid peering from behind the door. Although the scene is from the 18th Century I do not believe the painting is, my instinct tells me it would date either from the very end of the 19th century or possibly the beginning of the twentieth. The miniature is painted with oil which has been laid onto board and it sits in a gilt wooden frame with a circular mount.