DIANA VISCOUNTESS CROSBIE - BY W DICKINSON AND WATSON AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

Fine mezzotint portrait depicting Diana full-length, standing outdoors under a cloudy sky. She is posed dynamically, holding her voluminous dress with her right hand while her left hand is extended, holding a string or chain. Her expression is described as mirthful and far from the demure expectation for a society lady of the era, conveying an air of informality and spontaneity. 

Viscountess Crosbie wears a light coloured silk gown, and its material is gathered in a style reflective of the trend toward naturalism in the late 1700s. ?The background landscape is populated with trees, including a prominent birch to the left, and a more open, and a hilly landscape in the distance. The portrait in its entirety reflects the type of "fashionable negligence" popular at the time, which is a departure from the rigid formality of previous decades.?

Date: Sept 20th 1769

Sheet: Dimensions: 63cm x 53cm. Framed: Dimensions: 70cm x 60cm.

 Price: £720

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