# The Countess of Dartmouth

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## Artwork

- Artist: [REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

## Commentary

This portrait, as is typical with Reynolds, imbues the sitter with great distinction, achieved through the sumptuous clothes and the expression and pose of the sitter. The exaggerated whiteness of the skin is emphasized by the white ermine and the blood red velvet of the dress. Following the fashion of the time, the cheeks are rouged.

## Related artworks

- [Admiral Sir Edward Hughes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/admiral-sir-edward-hughes-rf8f111258647d5>)
- [Captain Robert Orme](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/captain-robert-orme-r61a80cb0b0a6db>)
- [Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/colonel-george-k-h-coussmaker-grenadier-guards-r57497c373a04c4>)
- [Commodore Augustus Keppel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/commodore-augustus-keppel-ra11942c7b64306>)
- [Continence of Scipio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/continence-of-scipio-r97fde8c4d37f8e>)
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- [Francis Rawdon-Hastings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/francis-rawdon-hastings-rfa6cdd60c6bdc2>)
- [General Sir Banastre Tarleton](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/general-sir-banastre-tarleton-rca55fa331104ce>)
- [George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/george-clive-and-his-family-with-an-indian-maid-r772c9334c41f1d>)
- [Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-cockburn-and-her-three-eldest-sons-rb5e7ea71079800>)
- [Lady Elizabeth Delmé and her Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-elizabeth-delm-and-her-children-r547d8f92d03f36>)
- [Lady Sunderlin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-sunderlin-r7391dd482646c1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)