Alongside ambitious full-length portraits, Reynolds painted large numbers of smaller works. In the late 1750s, at the height of the social season, he received five or six sitters a day, each for an hour. By 1761, Reynolds could command a fee of 80 guineas for a full-length portrait; in 1764, he was paid 100 guineas for a portrait of Lord Burghersh.The Times, "Sale Of The Vaile And Other Pictures", 25 May 1903.
A,longside ambitious full-length portraits Reynolds painted large numbers of smaller works. In the late 1750s at the height of the soc,ial season, he received ,five or six sitters a day each for an hour. By 1761, Reynolds could command a fee of 80 guineas for a full-length portrait; in 1764, he was paid 100 guineas for a portrait of Lord Burghersh.The Times, "Sale Of The Vaile And Other Pictures", 25 May 1903.