Details
Sir William Charles Ross (1794-1860)
Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French, facing left in blue dress with lace collar, gauze and lace veil decorated with flowers in her curled grey hair, seated in an upholstered green chair
rectangular, 5 x 3 7/8in. (125 x 98mm.), ormolu frame with chased scrolling border
Provenance
by direct family descent to the previous owner: from the sitter to her second son, Louis-Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1814-1896); Ferdinand-Philippe-Marie d'Orléans, Duc d'Alençon (1844-1910), second son of the latter; Philippe-Emmanuel d'Orléans, Duc de Vendôme (1872-1931), son of the latter; Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1905-1970), first son of the latter; Duchesse de Nemours née Margaret Watson (1899-1993), wife of the latter
