Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)

The Laughing Girl

Details

Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)
The Laughing Girl
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Richard Johnson (1810-1881), Manchester, by 1868.
Collection of Mrs R.J. Walker, Bramshott Court, Hampshire.
Anonymous sale [Mrs R.J. Walker]; Christie's, London, 11 June 1928, part lot 53 (50 Gns. to Waters).
Ralph Bramel Lloyd (d.1953), Los Angeles.
Thence by descent in the family.

Exhibited

Leeds, National Exhibition of Art, 1868 as 'Sir Joshua Reynolds'.

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Lot Essay

Reynolds is known to have made several versions of this composition, one of which he executed for the Polygraphic Society, which remains untraced. For other versions of this composition see D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, London, 2000, nos. 2073-2076.

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