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18th Century English School Oil on Canvas - By Sir Joshua Reynolds Ra - Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a Child
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18th Century English School Oil on Canvas - By Sir Joshua Reynolds Ra - Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a Child

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Sir Joshua Reynolds painted Lady Forrester - nee Lady Catherine Mary Manners, Daughter of the Duchess of Rutland - on at least four occasions as a child and in later life.

Her face is painted particularly delicately.

The picture set within its original decoratively moulded gilt gesso pierced frame decorated with acanthus leaves. Various numbers, in an early script, to reverse of frame.

The portrait is of a young girl in a lace cap and the reverse is inscribed with 'Lady Catherine Forrester for Lady Mary Isobella Somerset, Dutchess of Rutland'.

Further inscribed 'Sir Joshua Reynolds'

The frame with a previous owner's label 'The Marquise of Ormonde, 11 Bryanston Square’.

The Marquis of Ormonde leased 11 Bryanston Square in 1925.

There is an 18th century connection by marriage between the families of the Duke of Rutland and of the Marquis of Ormonde which may well explain the ownership by the Marquis of Ormonde in London in 1925

Dimensions of painting: 17 inches wide, 20.25 inches high.

Dimensions of frame: 26.5 inches wide, 29.5 inches high, 2 inches deep.

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Webberley Antiques has dated this Georgian Child Oil Portrait to the 18th Century.

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Sir Joshua Reynolds painted Lady Forrester - nee Lady Catherine Mary Manners, Daughter of the Duchess of Rutland - on at least four occasions as a child and in later life.

Her face is painted particularly delicately.

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The picture set within its original decoratively moulded gilt gesso pierced frame decorated with acanthus leaves.
Webberley Antiques

Various numbers, in an early script, to reverse of frame.

fig 1. An eighteenth-century oil portrait of a young child in a light dress and bonnet, set within an elaborate carved giltwood frame.
fig 1. 18th Century English School Oil on Canvas - By Sir Joshua Reynolds Ra - Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a Child

The portrait is of a young girl in a lace cap and the reverse is inscribed with 'Lady Catherine Forrester for Lady Mary Isobella Somerset, Dutchess of Rutland'.

Further inscribed 'Sir Joshua Reynolds'

The frame with a previous owner's label 'The Marquise of Ormonde, 11 Bryanston Square’.

fig 2. An eighteenth-century oil portrait of a young child in a light dress and bonnet, set within an elaborate carved giltwood frame.
fig 2. 18th Century English School Oil on Canvas - By Sir Joshua Reynolds Ra - Lady Catherine Mary Manners as a Child

The Marquis of Ormonde leased 11 Bryanston Square in 1925.

There is an 18th century connection by marriage between the families of the Duke of Rutland and of the Marquis of Ormonde which may well explain the ownership by the Marquis of Ormonde in London in 1925

Dimensions of painting: 17 inches wide, 20.25 inches high.

Dimensions of frame: 26.5 inches wide, 29.5 inches high, 2 inches deep.

Date of Manufacture

Webberley Antiques has dated this Georgian Child Oil Portrait to the 18th Century.

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Eighteenth-century British portraiture, influenced by classical traditions, focused on capturing character, status, and elegance through soft lighting and refined brushwork. Works from this period frequently depicted aristocratic subjects, including children, presented in elaborate gilded mouldings.

Georgian portrait painters typically worked with oil pigments ground in drying oils, applied onto stretched linen or cotton canvas. The paintings were housed in hand-carved timber frames coated in gesso and finished with gold leaf.

Authenticity is indicated by fine age-related craquelure across the paint surface, historical canvas stretchers or lining, and hand-carved frames showing genuine gilding wear. Material analysis of pigments and canvas weave also assists identification.

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Display the artwork away from direct sunlight, high humidity, and direct heat sources to prevent cracking or warping. Dust the frame gently with a dry brush and engage a professional conservator for surface cleaning or varnish treatment.
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