£40
Manner of Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723-1792) - Half length portrait sketch of Mrs Crewe, reading, the pose related to the portrait of Frances Anne Crewe as St Genevieve (engraving of this portrait is in the Yale Centre of British Art, Paul Mellon Collection) watercolour, chalk and bodycolour on paper, indistinctly signed with old label verso from JR Cookson of Kendal inscribed 'Reputed Mrs Crewe by Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, (A Sketch)', 21 cm max oval, in gilt frame (Lady Crewe was a friend of Sir Joshua Reynolds and a prominent political hostess for the Whig Party, her circle including Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, etc)
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