Sir Joshua Reynolds
A Little Girl (possibly Lady Frances Scott, later Lady Douglas, 1750 - 1817)
About this artwork
The sitter was possibly Lady Frances Scott (1750-1817), later Lady Douglas. Reynolds had painted a portrait of Lady Frances with her brothers, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Campbell Scott in 1758. It seems that Lady Frances sat again for Reynolds the following year. This picture may be the result of that sitting, and the identification was made on the similarity of the girls in both paintings.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) English
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title:A Little Girl (possibly Lady Frances Scott, later Lady Douglas, 1750 - 1817)
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date created:About 1758 - 1759
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.00 x 63.00 cm; Framed: 99.50 x 87.10 x 8.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1926
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accession number:NG 1666
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, the son of a headmaster. He was apprenticed to the London portrait painter, Thomas Hudson, in 1740. In 1749 he went to Italy, spending two years in Rome. On his return, in 1753, he set up a studio in London. Reynolds developed a portrait style which attempted...
