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Sir Joshua Reynolds ( British, 1723-1792) The Honorable Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767-1818), 1743-1792 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) Oil on canvas Subject matter: Portrait of a woman Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson Mary Elizabeth Milles Context: In 1785 Mary Elizabeth Milles, only daughter and heiress of Richard Milles, married the Hon. Mr. Watson, later second baron Sondes. For this fashionable portrait Reynolds was paid one hundred five pounds in two installments in May and July 1789. It is among his latest works. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York No. 1987.47.2 Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986 Index terms Paintings Oil paintings Portraits View catalog record in data dictionary format View catalog record in output format View metadata record in data dictionary format View metadata record in output format Return to the AMICO Examples page

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