Abstract
This essay explores the relationship between biography and portraiture in British paintings of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. New biographical information about Selina, Lady Skipwith (1752–1832), a sitter portrayed by both Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92) and Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), offers opportunities to examine the possibilities and limits of biography in art historical investigation.
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2022
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