[Portrait of the artist's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, reading a book] [art original].Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist[ca. 1780?]engA half-length portrait of the artist’s daughter’s Mary and Elizabeth who sit in close proximity. A large, fluted column in the right background defines the space. The two women are seated. One in profile holds a book in one hand. The other is raised with one finger pointed a gesture to underscore a point as she reads to her sister who leans in with an attentive ear. Both wear capsTitle from 2005 Christie's appraisal.Date from unverified data in local card catalog record.Related print: Bartolozzi, F. Portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk's daughters sitting on a bench. [London] : Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho, [15 May 1780]. See Lewis Walpole Library impression in copies 4 and 11 of Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 33 30).