Lot 129: ATTRIBUTED TO MARY PALMER, MARCHIONESS OF THOMOND, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.

ATTRIBUTED TO MARY PALMER, MARCHIONESS OF THOMOND, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. BRITISH 1751 - 1820 A STRAWBERRY GIRL oil on canvas 74 by 62 cm.; 29 by 24 1/2 in.

By descent from the artist to Sir John Hadley d'Olyly, 6th Bt. (1754-1818);
by descent to Sir Charles d'Oyly, 7th Bt. (1781-1845);
by descent to his daughter Mary, who married A. F. Bernard;
thence by descent in the Bernard d'Olyly family, at The Abbots, Combe Raleigh, Devon;
by whom bequeathed to the present owner

The present painting is believed to have been painted by Reynold's neice, the Marchioness of Thomond, who inherited much of the artist's estate after his death, and in who's family the present work has descended, until the present owner.