Anne, Countess of Strafford, 1758–59, Sir Joshua Reynolds, British, 1723–1792, 30 x 24 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( x x cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century, Lady Strafford (c. 1715–85) was born into a wealthy noble family and married into one as well. She and her husband, William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, moved in a social set that included luminaries such as the author and art historian Horace Walpole. Walpole considered the countess a 'vast beauty' and immortalized her charms in a poem published in 1765. This portrait was later reproduced by at least four engravers

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