Figure 2.7 Sir Joshua Reynolds: Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), Later Countess of Galloway, oil on
canvas, 133.4 × 118.7 cm, with strip of 18.1 cm folded over the top of the stretcher, 1764. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Lillian S. Timken, 1950. Acc. No: 50.238.2.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org
Grand manner portraits were executed with varying degrees of formality, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, for