Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Honourable Henry Fane with Inigo Jones andCharles Blair [1761-66]

Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Honourable Henry Fane with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair [1761-66], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Seated at the centre with a greyhound at his knee is the Honourable Henry Fane, second son of the eighth earl of Westmorland. To the left is Inigo Jones, a relative of the celebrated architect, and to the right Charles Blair, Fane's brother-in-law. Reynolds's largest and most impressive conversation piece, this canvas was begun in 1761 and completed in 1766. In the course of visits to London each of the three gentlemen would have sat for Reynolds separately, in his studio.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 254.6 x 360.7 cm]