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Head of a Girl

This delightful portrait has always been considered to be by a follower of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) but it can now be attributed to one of the artist’s closest followers, Northcote. There is also some influence of French painting, especially Greuze (1725-1805), whose work was well known in England through engravings. The sitter has not been identified although the rather similar picture in the museum at Saint-Etienne in France has traditionally been called Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton.