Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1750s.
This is a very appealing portrait of a lovely little girl dating from c.1775.
Born in Forfarshire, Scotland in 1723, she was painting portraits by 1745. She studied in Paris and Rome, settling in London in 1754, she became a very fashionable portraitist and was favoured with the patronage of Queen Charlotte in 1761. Exhibited widely, most notably at the Royal Academy.
She went to India in 1777, but returning in 1778 she became ill and died at sea.
She was especially successful with children's portraits; her oil portraits show the influence of Reynolds.
SIZE: framed, 17 x 15 inches
canvas, 11 x 9 inches
PROVENANCE:
By descent through a Wiltshire family.
Verso: a handwritten label:
"Girl unknown. Possibly painted by ---- Reed (sic), woman. Present from Ronald Storrs to his wife Lily (Littleton-Clowes) c.1940. Then to Daisy Templeton, c.1965, daughter of Lily (Clowes), then to her daughter Margaret Ziegler 1987."
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1750s.
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Sold....portrait of a Young Girl C.1775; Attributed to Katherine Read
