Lot 55
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Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, nearly full face loosely dressed in blue dress and white underslip, her fair hair upswept; and the Duchess of Portsmouth, nearly full face in blue dress with white underslip, long curling hair
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Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, nearly full face loosely dressed in blue dress and white underslip, her fair hair upswept; and the Duchess of Portsmouth, nearly full face in blue dress with white underslip, long curling hair

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Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, nearly full face loosely dressed in blue dress and white underslip, her fair hair upswept; and the Duchess of Portsmouth, nearly full face in blue dress with white underslip, long curling hair
the former signed and inscribed on attached card on the reverse 'Dutchess of Portsmouth from a Picture in the Collection of the Honble Horace Walpole copied by me M. Lucan - 1782- Hampton Court' and the latter inscribed 'Sarah DSs of Marlbro'-' on obverse, gilt-metal frames with ribbon surmounts
ovals, 23/8 in. (60 mm.) and 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high
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Lot Essay

The beautiful Sarah Jennings was an attendant and friend to Princess, later Queen Anne when she clandestinely married John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough in 1677. In 1682 she was made Lady of the Bedchamber to Anne. After her husband's death in 1722 Sarah spent the rest of her life completing the palace at Blenheim.

Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649-1734) was a French courtesan and mistress of Charles II of Britain. She was ennobled in 1673 and her son became Duke of Richmond.

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