English School, 1782

William Parry (1743-1791)
Portrait of a Lady, identified as Miss Lovett, Half length, Wearing a Coral Dress with Lace Borders
Bears inscription Miss .Lovett/ 1782 (in ink, on backboard)
Pastels on paper
36 x 27cm; 14¼ x 10½in, framed as an oval

Literature:
Neil Jeffares, "William Parry", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.5744.1065

Parry drew Joseph Venables Lovett and his wife, Anne (née Sherman,1710-1780); their son Thomas (1749-1801) and his wife, Mary Jones; and some undocumented sisters.