Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Anna Maria Draycott, later Countess of Pomfret (c.1726-1787), half-length, in a blue dress and ermine lined wrap

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Anna Maria Draycott, later Countess of Pomfret (c.1726-1787), half-length, in a blue dress and ermine lined wrap
oil on canvas
29 x 25½ in. (73.7 x 67.4 cm.)

Provenance

The Reverend W. T. Penfold-Dickinson.
with Tooth's, London, 1921.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.

Literature

D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, London, 2000, p. 186, no. 603.

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Lot Essay

Anna Maria Draycott was the only heir of Mr Draycott, of Sunbury, Middlesex. This picture dates stylistically to c.1763, the year before her marriage to George, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722-1785). Reynolds painted the sitter on two further occasions, both full-length and in private collections (see Mannings, op. cit., p. 186, nos. 601-2).

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