Study of a Seated Woman, 1778?1810, Black and white chalks on off-white laid paper, Sheet: 10 5/8 ? 8 15/16 in. (27 ? 22. 7 cm), Drawings, John Hoppner (British, London 1758?1810 London), After Sir Joshua Reynolds retired in 1789, Hoppner became the leading portraitist active in London. In the early decades of his career, he designed literary and dramatic subjects; this drawing relates to a mezzotint entitled Clara at the Tomb of Eloisa (1786)