Lady Anstruther

1761 · Painting · 99.1 × 126.4 cm

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Where is “Lady Anstruther” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.

London, United Kingdom

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

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Image: The National Gallery — Joshua Reynolds · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

late 1750s
Five or six sitters a day
At the height of the social season Reynolds receives five or six sitters a day, each for an hour; alongside ambitious full-length portraits he paints large numbers of smaller works.
1760
A large house on Leicester Fields
In 1760 Reynolds moves into a large house on the west side of Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square), with space to show his works and accommodate his assistants. The clothing of his sitters is usually painted by one of his pupils, by Giuseppe Marchi or by the specialist drapery painter Peter Toms.
1760
Helping to found the artists' societies
Reynolds is one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Arts; in 1760 he helps to found the 'Free Association' of artists and then the Society of Artists of Great Britain.
1761 · Award
Fellow of the Royal Society
15 January 1761 · Membership
Royal Society
1761–1764
Rising fees: 80 and 100 guineas
By 1761 Reynolds can command a fee of 80 guineas for a full-length portrait; in 1764 he is paid 100 guineas for a portrait of Lord Burghersh.