The Laughing Girl
Oil on canvas (relined)
76,2 x 63,5 cm 30 x 25 inch
The Laughing Girl
Girl three quarter length, facing the spectator, leaning on a pedestal, left thumb to her mouth, in white chemise with a greenish scarf and red petticoat, curly hair with no parting or bandeau, the figure turned toward the left.
ENGRAVED: W.Bond 1813 6 inch 5/8 X 5 inch1/2, as the Laughing Girl
G.S.Shury 1864 5 inch1/8 X 4 inch, as the Smiling Girl
marked "I. PEEL LINER" on the stretcher
British Institution 1813 n° 81
1823 n°39
1833 n°44
1843 n°2
Royal Academie (Burlington House) 1876 n°2
David Mannings: catalogue of the paintings of Joshua Reynolds n° 2074 (as untraced)
A.Graves & W V Cronin "A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds" 4 vols London 1899-1901
p 1167, iv 1456
W.Armstrong "Sir Joshua Reynolds" New York 1900 p. 240
Postle p.106 n°7
Sir Joshua Reynolds "a complete catalogue of his paintings" by David Mannings and Martin Postle
number 2074