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Miss Phillis Hurrell (17461836), 1762, Sir Joshua Reynolds, British, 17231792, 35 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (90.49 x 72.39 cm) (sight)46 x 39 in. (116.84 x 99.06 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century, Phillis Hurrell was the only child of an old aristocratic family from Devon, England. She was about sixteen years old when Joshua Reynolds painted her portrait. He shows her playing a lute, perhaps a sign of her talent as well as her faithfulness and sympathetic character. Reynolds's studio records indicate that Miss Hurrell sat for the artist six times, in June of 1762, before he completed the painting in July, having it delivered to her family's home on July 29.

Miss Phillis Hurrell (17461836), 1762, Sir Joshua Reynolds, British, 17231792, 35 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (90.49 x 72.39 cm) (sight)46 x 39 in. (116.84 x 99.06 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century, Phillis Hurrell was the only child of an old aristocratic family from Devon, England. She was about sixteen years old when Joshua Reynolds painted her portrait. He shows her playing a lute, perhaps a sign of her talent as well as her faithfulness and sympathetic character. Reynolds's studio records indicate that Miss Hurrell sat for the artist six times, in June of 1762, before he completed the painting in July, having it delivered to her family's home on July 29.
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Miss Phillis Hurrell (17461836), 1762, Sir Joshua Reynolds, British, 17231792, 35 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (90.49 x 72.39 cm) (sight)46 x 39 in. (116.84 x 99.06 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century, Phillis Hurrell was the only child of an old aristocratic family from Devon, England. She was about sixteen years old when Joshua Reynolds painted her portrait. He shows her playing a lute, perhaps a sign of her talent as well as her faithfulness and sympathetic character. Reynolds's studio records indicate that Miss Hurrell sat for the artist six times, in June of 1762, before he completed the painting in July, having it delivered to her family's home on July 29.
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2755 x 3556 px | 28.0 MB
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23.3 x 30.1 cm | 9.2 x 11.9 in (300 dpi)