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Sir William Beechey&nbsp;(British, 1753–1839) By the later 1790s, a probable date of this fine portrait, Beechey was the principal rival to John Hoppner. Mrs. Simeon, née Harriet Parry, was the daughter of Thomas Parry, a director of the East India Company between 1785-1816; her nephew was Thomas Gambier Parry, the 19th-century collector of early Italian paintings, the bulk of whose collection is now at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Portrait of Mrs. Simeon, Standing in a Landscape, with a Dog by Her Side 

Paolo Porpora (Italian, 1617-1693) Paolo Porpora began his professional activity in Naples but moved to Rome in 1656 where he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca. Together with Luca Forte, Porpora appears as a major figure in the Neapolitan School of still life. The coral and shells depicted in the present work reflect the seventeenth century practice of collecting these beautiful and singular objects from foreign lands – they were then displayed in cabinets of curiosity and frequently used as the subject of paintings.

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Sir William Beechey, R.A.

Paolo Porpora