"Lady at rest - Countess Natasha Gruzinskaya 1755", or "My Homage to Boucher"

By 1755 even Sir Joshua Gregg RA himself was surprised by how far his fame (or notoriety if you prefer)  had spread. He was in Paris on one of his many European tours when the letter arrived from what we now call Georgia requesting him to paint certain notables in the court of Count Gruzinsky on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Ever seeking adventures and new challenges our artistic hero