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Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) Selina, Lady Skipwith, 1787 oil on canvas 50 1/2 in. x 40 1/4 in. (128.27 cm x 102.24 cm) Henry Clay Frick Bequest. Accession number: 1906.1.102 Currently on View: Library (137) Link to floorplan and Virtual Tour

Commentary: Selina Shirley (1752–1832) was married in 1785 to Sir Thomas George Skipwith of Newbold Hall, Warwickshire. Lady Skipwith had a reputation as a skilled horsewoman, and a nephew recorded that “there was something rather formidable in her powdered hair and [the] riding habit or joseph which she generally wore.” Reynolds’ notebooks show that he painted her in May of 1787. The natural pose and setting and the fresh, free handling of paint are typical of the artist’s late style, partly in response to the work of Gainsborough.

Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.

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