Lot 715: Follower of Thomas Phillips RA, British 1770-1845-

Follower of Thomas Phillips RA, British 1770-1845- Portrait of a lady, traditionally held to be Julia Floyd, later married to Sir Robert Peel, seated half-length in a white dress holding a lorgnette; oil on canvas, 76.5x64cm Note: For a portrait showing a similar likeness to the sitter, please see ''Julia (nee Floyd), Lady Peel'' by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, mezzotint, published 1832, an example of this edition is in the National Portrait Gallery collection.