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Portrait of a woman in a blue dress with dark hair tied on head. She holds her left hand to her breast with pearls and a rose. The background is brown.
Portrait of a woman in a blue dress with dark hair tied on head. She holds her left hand to her breast with pearls and a rose. The background is brown.
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Mrs Margaret Desenfans

by After Sir Joshua Reynolds

Date: 1930

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Commissioned by Dulwich College, 1930

  • Accession number

    DPG627

  • Artist description

    After Artist Sir Joshua Reynolds

  • Date

    1930

  • Dimensions

    75.9 x 63.5 cm

  • Inscription

    Inscribed verso: Copy by Ayoub

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

Margaret Morris (1737-1814): sister of Sir John Morris of Clasemont, Glamorganshire; married Noel Desenfans (see Northcote DPG28) in 1776. She inherited a life interest in the Desenfans-Bourgeois collection in 1811, but surrendered it to Dulwich College; contributing substantially to the cost of Soane's new gallery. She bequeathed to the Gallery much of the furniture now on display, together with plate and linen and a sum of £500 for the entertainment of members of the Royal Academy on their annual visitations. DPG627 is a copy by Moussa Ayoub of Reynolds's original of 1757.

Portrait of a woman in a blue dress with dark hair tied on head. She holds her left hand to her breast with pearls and a rose. The background is brown.

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