This painting depicts a seated woman facing the left. She has a pale complexion, rosy cheeks, arched eyebrows, and thin red lips set in a neutral expression. Her hands are resting on her lap. Her hair is gray and styled in stiff curls that extend outward from her head, and she wears a wide-brimmed black hat with a black flower and white feathers. She is dressed in a white dress with a wide skirt under a black jacket or shawl, with a lacy white cravat at her neck. Behind her on the right is a draping red curtain, and on the left is a view of a dark, greenish-blue sky, tall trees, and a brown…
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Lady Cornewall

Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723 - 1792)

c. 1785-1786

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 127 x 101.5 cm (50 x 39 15/16 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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