(Pennsylvania/New York/British, 1751/52-1811)

Portrait of a Young Girl in a Landscape, said to be Selena Morshead (1779-1865), the daughter of Sir John Morshead (label verso), circa 1786-1788, pastel on laid paper, 8 x 6-1/4 in.; 19th century papier mache frame, convex glass, 11 x 9 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, New York, New York

Note: According to pastellist scholar and author, Neil Jeffares, "Sharples also involved his wife (and later their children) in his portraiture, and often their work can be hard to tell apart, so I can’t entirely exclude the possibility that this is by Ellen Sharples."

Oh the basis of a photograph, this portrait will be included in Neil Jeffares' online Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 as J.675.463 Lady Mill, née Selina Morshead (1779–1862), pstl/ppr, 20x16, c.1790 (pc 2023) 

loose with some loses to pastel; frame with wear