Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke

Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke by Joshua Reynolds: Sisters Amabel (left) and Mary Jemima are shown playing on the grounds…

What to notice

In Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke, start with classical, portrait, figurative. Then look closely at this museum-described detail: They wear loose, flowing garments invented specifically for the portrait rather than their usual outdoor dresses.

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Sisters Amabel (left) and Mary Jemima are shown playing on the grounds of their family’s country estate outside London. They wear loose, flowing garments invented specifically for the portrait rather than their usual outdoor dresses. Their father commissioned the painting to hang in the family’s city home in London’s St.