Olive Craster, an heiress from a distinguished family, and husband George embarked on an expensive and extensive period of travel across France and Italy shortly after their marriage, throughout which Olive kept meticulous notes of her purchases, including clothes and other fashionable accessories. As a testament to female expression and experience in the 18th century, Dance’s portrait is a rare, almost singular survival. [https://collections.artsmia.org/art/123334/portrait-of-olive-craster-sir-nathaniel-dance-holland] Portrait of Olive Craster (d. 1769), half-length, in a blue dress with ribbons and a lace shawl, with a pearl necklace and flowers in her hair, holding a squirrel, in a feigned oval Price realized: GBP 158,500 [2014]