Study for the "Circe" · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: Study for the "Circe"
Actual Title: Mrs. Nesbitt as Circe
Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Artist Full Name: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Status: R.A.
Date (Painted or Exhibited): 1781
Type: oil on canvas
Size (HxW mm): 490 x 395
Current Location: Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, Gift of Dwight W. Morrow Jr., Anne Morrow Lindbergh, class of 1928 and Constance Morrow Morgan, class of 1935: SC 1958.4
Lent By: Alfred Bell, Esq.
Catalog Number: 206
Catalog Page: 23
Alt-Text: A woman in a white gown sits outdoors holding a flower, accompanied by a white cat and a leopard. A golden goblet rests near her, and a small cherub appears in the background among the trees.
Image Credit: By permission of Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts