John Raphael Smith Pastel Portrait Of A Young Woman Circa.1790 James Barry Large late 18th

Large late 18th

suggests that it depicts a 'nesting female on an osier isle protected by her threatening mate'

She shared an intimacy with George Coleman the younger who wrote many roles for her

Horatio Walpole and Lord Cornwallis

288 High Holborn

John Raphael Smith Pastel Portrait Of A Young Woman Circa.1790 James Barry Large late 18thJohn Raphael Smith 1752 1812. British school 18th. Century. Pastel Portrait of a young woman wearing a fashionable bonnet with pink ribbon. Circa. 1790. Inscribed to the original backboard Hon. G Napier. Coloured chalks on paper oval 19 by 23 cms image. 32 by 36. 5 cms overall in gilt gesso frame. Some staining to upper image, minor losses to frame all to no real detriment.