Reynolds’ remarkable talent for bringing portraits of children to life is evident in this portrait of Sophia as she lies in the foreground on a grassy bank, her body turned slightly as she rests one arm over a Maltese dog. She wears a soft white gown and a lace bonnet edged with coral-red, her pale face composed and her eyes fixed outward with quiet intensity. Behind her, a spacious landscape of rolling hills and scattered trees stretches into the distance.