Portrait of Mrs Gwyn, half-length, in a grey satin dress with ermine trim and a white lace ruff

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792)
Portrait of Mrs Gwyn, half-length, in a grey satin dress with ermine trim and a white lace ruff
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.6 x 63.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1920.
Harry Goddard, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Lot Essay

The sitter, née Mary Horneck (1754-1840), married General Francis Gwyn, equerry to King George III. Mrs Gwyn was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, and became known as the 'Jessamy Bride' after verses were written about her by the novelist Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), with whom her family was acquainted.

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