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Lot 32

Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
(Plympton 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, half-length, in a blue and gold embroidered dress with a white wrap

6 December 2017, 15:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, half-length, in a blue and gold embroidered dress with a white wrap
oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25in).

Footnotes

We are grateful to David Mannings for confirming the attribution to Joshua Reynolds upon first hand inspection.


The sitter, Elizabeth Hastings was born to Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon and Selina Shirley, of Donnington Park, Leicestershire, in 1731. She married John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira in 1752 and became Countess of Moira and Baroness Rawdon. Upon the death of her heirless brother, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, in 1789 she inherited five English baronies: Baroness Botreaux, Baroness Hungerford, Baroness de Moleyns, Baroness Hastings of Hastings and Baroness Hastings of Hungerford. She died in 1808 and her baronies were inherited by her son, Francis.

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