Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A. Portrait Of Catherine Schindlerin Circa.1775
Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A. Portrait Of Catherine Schindlerin Circa.1775
Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A. Portrait Of Catherine Schindlerin Circa.1775
Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A. Portrait Of Catherine Schindlerin Circa.1775
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Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A. Portrait Of Catherine Schindlerin Circa.1775

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The Reverend Matthew William Peters R.A. 1742-1814. 18th.Century British School. Oil on canvas. Circa.1775. Portrait of Catherine Schindlerin. After the original composition by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. 1723-1792.

Schindlerin was a pupil of the notable male soprano Venanzio Rauzzini, who had first encountered her in Austria, and sang with her in Italy in 1773. In 1774, Rauzzini brought her to London where she first appeared as Prima Donna in Armida at the King’s Theatre. She performed in Allsandro nell’ Indie, Armida, Montezuma and La difesa d’amore in 1775. She enjoyed enormous popularity but only  appeared once more in London in 1776, singing in Piramo e Tisbe. Charles Burney, in his History of Music  gives her a mixed review, 'her figure was elegant and graceful on the stage, and she was a good actress...Her voice was a mere thread, for the weakness of which there was neither taste nor knowledge to compensate'.

Mannings lists two portraits of the sitter by Reynolds The first painted for the Duke of Dorset in Ca.1775 and now known only through a 1777 engraving by J.R. Smith and a second painted for Mrs Horton in 1775, also now untraced. Several versions of this portrait by Peters exist, one was with Christies New York in 1983 and another with The National Trust for Scotland is at Drum Castle.