1780, Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Ladies Waldegrave -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This grand yet intimate 'conversation piece' of the daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave was commissioned by their great-uncle, the connoisseur-collector Horace Walpole, from his friend Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy. On the right, Lady Anna Horatia is making silk lace on a net-covered tambour frame, helped by her sisters. Reynolds may have intended to flatter his aristocratic sitters by implying a comparison with the Three Graces of classical antiquity.
1780, Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Ladies Waldegrave -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This grand yet intimate 'conversation piece' of the daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave was commissioned by their great-uncle, the connoisseur-collector Horace Walpole, from his friend Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy. On the right, Lady Anna Horatia is making silk lace on a net-covered tambour frame, helped by her sisters. Reynolds may have intended to flatter his aristocratic sitters by implying a comparison with the Three Graces of classical antiquity.