Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (1723-1792) Portrait of Mrs. Latitia Sparrow (1746-1838) Oil on canvas...

Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (1723-1792)

Portrait of Mrs. Latitia Sparrow (1746-1838)

Oil on canvas in a carved wood frame

75 x 61cm; 29½ x 24in

Provenance:

By descent in the family of the sitter until purchased by present owner

Literature:

David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds - A Complete catalogue of his paintings, No. 1656, p.421

Leslie and Taylor - Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 1, Ch. IV, p.266

We are grateful to David Mannings for his assistance in cataloguing this lot on the basis of a photograph

Mrs. Sparrow was the only daughter of Thomas Popham Esq. and Sara of Bagborough House, Somerset. Painted in 1766, appointments with Mrs. Sparrow are recorded in Reynolds' Accounts Books for May, 14th-19th. A payment of 35 gns. is recorded in the Ledgers on 6th June 1767