Oil on Canvas in Giltwood Frame

Attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692-1780)

Portrait of a young lady in blue lace bodice, holding a bird with her King Charles spaniel at her feet.

Highmore was educated at Merchant Taylors School and studied to become a lawyer. He abandoned this for painting and trained at St Martin’s Lane Academy and set up practice in 1715. He continued to study in Godfrey Kneller’s Academy and became one of the most accomplished portrait painters of his age. Highmore was capable of painting with the greatest refinement.

Provenance: The Priory, Isle of Wight.
Represented at The National Portrait Gallery, London, The Tate, Yale

Width: 50″ / 127 cms
Height: 60″ /152 cms