A very Fine Portrait Miniature of Miss Twining, facing left in white dress with ruffled neckline, white sash, double strand of pearls in her short, curling brown hair

A preliminary sketch for this miniature is illustrated in D. Foskett, John Smart The Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, pl. XXI, no. 76.

Miss Twining was one of the four daughters of Richard Twining (1749-1824), director of the East India Company and head of the tea business located in the Strand. He married Mary Aldred of Norwich in 1771 and had six sons and four daughters.