Joshua Reynolds1723 - 1792

• An outstanding portraitist.

• The doctrine of imitation which is proclaimed in his Discourses.

• A consummate producer of character.

The Portrait of Nelly O’Brien

1762 - 1764, The Wallace Collection, London.

A masterpiece of poetic spontaneity.

A mistress of the 3rd Viscount of Bolingbroke.

• The Portrait of Nelly O’Brien

(1762 - 1764, The Wallace Collection, London)

• The Portrait of Nelly O’Brien (1763 – 1767, Hunterian Art

Gallery, Scotland)