ROMNEY, George
(b. 1734, Dalton-in-Furness, d. 1802, Kendal)

Portrait of Mrs. Henry Ainslie with Her Child

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Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm
Private collection

Henry Ainslie, a physician, married Agnes Ford in 1785. The Ainslie's were favoured clients and good friends of the artist. The present canvas is the second version of the portrait commissioned by the family in 1787. No documentation of a commission for this second version is recorded.