WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH (BRITISH, 1755-1834) AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1723-1792)

WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH (BRITISH, 1755-1834) AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1723-1792) Venus, partially nude, in white drapery with blue ribbon ties, her right arm covering part of her face, reclining on a grassy bank while winged Cupid unties the ribbon around her waist; curtain and landscape background with a snake at lower right corner signed and dated 'W Birch from Sir J R 1784' (lower left) enamel on copper rectangular, 2½ x 2.15/16 in. (63 x 74 mm.), gilt-metal mount