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This painting depicts a seated woman looking off to the left, resting her head on her right hand, our left, with her elbow on an abstract green surface. She has a fair complexion, a long nose, pale eyebrows, pale lips in a neutral expression, and reddish-brown hair styled up with a blue clip. She is wearing a pale mauve dress and shawl with a deep neckline, blue-green ribbon details, and puffed sleeves. A thin black belt is tied around her waist and there is a silver bracelet on her forearm. The background is painted in soft shades of blue and green, with a few highlights of pale yellow. An inscription in gold lettering in the top left corner identifies her as "Annetta D. of Edward Coke, wife of Lewis Cage of Milgate Kent."
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Annetta Coke, 1758, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926), 2015.19.45

Annetta Coke

Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1758 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.45