Lot 238: * HENRY ROBERT MORLAND 1716-1797 LONDON

signed on the purse with the artist's initials HM

oil on canvas

33 3/4 by 27 3/4 in.; 85.7 by 70.5cm.

Morland was the father of the more famous George Morland, who became celebrated for his landscapes, barnyard scenes, and seascapes. Henry Robert Morland specialized in portraits and in genre paintings of young women. These subject matters were taken from daily life, but idealized and overlaid with allegorical meanings.