Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Mrs SW Reynolds
Purchased 1912
actions: postures and motions
adults
head in hand / hands
individuals: female
named individuals
people
portraits
Reynolds, S.W.
woman
<p>The sitter is Jane Cowen or Cowing. Her husband was Samuel William Reynolds, a printmaker who made reproductions of many of Opie’s pictures. This portrait was painted around 1795, perhaps to mark the birth of their son. Jane Reynolds is shown resting her head on her hand, a pose traditionally associated with thoughtful reflection.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
19 July 2004 – 27 June 2005
2005-06-27
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-07-19
Sensibility
Collection based display
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
20 May 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
2019-05-20
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-05-20
John Opie
Collection based display
Mrs S.W. Reynolds
frame: 950 × 820 × 130 mm
support: 762 × 635 mm
Purchased 1912
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<p>The sitter is Jane Cowen or Cowing. Her husband was Samuel William Reynolds, a printmaker who made reproductions of many of Opie’s pictures. This portrait was painted around 1795, perhaps to mark the birth of their son. Jane Reynolds is shown resting her head on her hand, a pose traditionally associated with thoughtful reflection.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults head in hand / hands individuals: female named individuals people portraits Reynolds, S.W. woman