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Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA (British, 1723-1792) Portrait of Mrs Bicknell, nee Elizabeth Fox, 1777, seated, resting on one arm, in a pink dress with black lace bolero and white lace sleeves, wearing pearl earrings and a pearl choker tied with a ribbon oil on canvas 92 x 75cm (36 x 29in)
Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter and from a Norfolk country house
Oil on canvas, unlined. There are a few holes and tears in the painting with associated paint loss. The canvas tension is slightly slack with drawers at the corners. There are areas of wear and abrasion and areas of retouching across teh paint surface. There are chips and losses to the frame.

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