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(British, 1723-1792)

Portrait of a Lady, Possibly Catherine Maria 'Kitty' Fischer (c. 1741-1767)

oil on canvas

30 x 25 inches.

Provenance:

Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent to

Barbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to

Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descent

Literature:

Country Life, February 18, 1960, p. 321, illus.

A woman from a poor background, Kitty Fisher became the most celebrated courtesan of the eighteenth century. Her beauty, wit, and charm captivated Lon