ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850

Caroline, Countess of Seafield, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with bows at corsage, jewelled pendant suspended from a gold chain, lace veil in her curling brown hair

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850
Caroline, Countess of Seafield, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with bows at corsage, jewelled pendant suspended from a gold chain, lace veil in her curling brown hair
oval, 2 3/16 in. (56 mm.) high, gilt-metal hinged easel frame with twisted rope outer border, cast thistle and thistle leaf decoration surmounted by an Earl's coronet and the sitter's cypher

Provenance

Chalres Stuart, 12th Baron Blantyre, Lennoxlove Castle, Scotland, and by direct descent.

Lot Essay

The Hon. Caroline Stuart (1830-1911) was the fifth and youngest daughter of the 11th Baron Blantyre (see lot 112) and sister of the 12th Baron Blantyre (see lot 109). She married John Charles, 7th Earl of Seafield, K.T. (1815-1881) in 1850. This portrait miniature may well have been painted on the occasion of their marriage.

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