The Ladies Waldegrave Explained

The Ladies Waldegrave
Artist:Sir Joshua Reynolds
Year:1780–1781
Material:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:143
Width Metric:168.3
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Edinburgh
Museum:Scottish National Gallery

The Ladies Waldegrave is a group portrait by Joshua Reynolds from 1780 - 81, now in the Scottish National Gallery, who acquired it in 1952. It shows the three daughters of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, and Maria Walpole – from left to right, Charlotte (holding a skein of silk), Elizabeth (winding Charlotte's skein onto a card) and Anna (producing tambour lace). Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781, it was commissioned the previous year by the subjects' mother in the hope of attracting potential suitors for them – all three of them were then unmarried.

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