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| Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte) |
Artist:Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
Date:1787
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:55 3/8 x 44 1/8 in. (140.7 x 112.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
Charlotte, the daughter of Sir Francis Blake Delaval, married in 1776 Sir Robert Smith, Member of Parliament for Colchester. Their children are George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte. Payments for this fashionable family portrait are recorded in March and May of 1787, and it was a popular exhibit at the Royal Academy the same year.
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