The model, Kitty Fisher, wears a white silk dress, open at the throat. She sits in a high-backed blue velvet chair, the back of which hangs a small red curtain. Her hands are half-raised and open in front of her. Resting on the index finger of her right hand is a parrot, at which she is looking. The background of the painting is light grey.
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions
height: 39 in (99 cm); width: 30.5 in (77.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,39U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,30.5U218593
Collection
Bowood House, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Object history
Never been published in any form: the painting was first sold to Phillips in the Thomond sale (May 26, 1821) and by Christie's (May 9, 1846) to Farrer. It then passed into the Marquess of Lansdowne's collection at Bowood House.
References
Graves, Algernon; Cronin, William Vine (1899) "
Kitty Fisher" in A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., Volume 1,
London: Henry Graves and Company, pp. pp. 308–309 Retrieved on 18 June 2011.
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