Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte) by Joshua Reynolds - 1787 - 132 x 147 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte) by Joshua Reynolds - 1787 - 132 x 147 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte)

oil on canvas • 132 x 147 cm

  • Joshua Reynolds - July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792 Joshua Reynolds

    1787

Charlotte, the daughter of Sir Francis Blake Delaval, married in 1776 Sir Robert Smith, Member of Parliament for Colchester. Their children are George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte. Payments for this fashionable family portrait are recorded in March and May of 1787, and it was a popular exhibit at the Royal Academy the same year.