Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe)
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By consent of the owners; on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London; photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London
Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe)
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1788
36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm)
Lent by Tweed Investments Ltd, 1976
Primary Collection
NPG L162
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- Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (1756-1837), Famous beauty; morganatic wife of George IV. Sitter in 24 portraits.
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- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 1413 portraits, Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
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- Audio Guide
- Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 89
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 219
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