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Jane Bowles (1772–1812) was the eldest child of Oldfield Bowles of North Aston, an amateur painter of some distinction. When deciding which painter to employ to paint his daughter, Bowles invited Reynolds to dinner to see how he got on with his potential subject. According to Reynolds’s nineteenth-century biographer, Leslie: ‘the little girl was placed next to Sir Joshua at the dessert, where he amused her so much with stories and tricks that she thought him the most charming man in the world. … The next day she was delighted to be taken to his house, where she sat down with a face full of glee, the expression of which he caught at once and never lost’.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Miss Jane Bowles

Date

c.1775

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91 x W 70.9 cm

Accession number

P36

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1850; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Joshua Reynolds

1723–1792

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