Henry Pickering* (active 1740-c.1771)

Portrait of a young Lady, seated full length in a landscape, wearing a red dress with lace trim, holding a posy and a basket of flowers

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Henry Pickering* (active 1740-c.1771)
Portrait of a young Lady, seated full length in a landscape, wearing a red dress with lace trim, holding a posy and a basket of flowers
oil on canvas
49 x 39in. (126.4 x 101cm.)
Sale room notice
Please note that this painting is sold unframed.

Lot Essay

The pose of the sitter is directly related to Thomas Hudson's portrait of Anne Thistlethwayte in his group portrait The Thistlethwayte Family, sold at Sotheby's, London, March 12, 1986, lot 41 (see also the catalogue of the exhibition, Manners and Morals, London, The Tate Gallery, Oct. 15, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988, p. 223, no. 208 illustrated).