Lady Seaforth (née Mary Proby), seated in a red upholstered chair, in black dress with triple lace collar, sprigged lace bordered white bonnet tied with striped green ribbons in her dark curling hair

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FRANÇOIS THÉODORE ROCHARD (1798-1858)
Lady Seaforth (née Mary Proby), seated in a red upholstered chair, in black dress with triple lace collar, sprigged lace bordered white bonnet tied with striped green ribbons in her dark curling hair
signed and dated 'Rochard July 1822' (upper left)
rectangular, 3 1/8 x 2 7/16 in. (79 x 61 mm.), rectangular gilt-metal plaque with engraved vine spandrels in the corners, on a red-brown velvet panel

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Lot Essay

Lady Seaforth, née Mary Proby (1755-1829), daughter of the Very Rev. Baptist Proby D.D., Dean of Lichfield and his wife Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Russell, married Lord Seaforth, Baron Mackenzie of Kintail (1754-1815) on 22 April 1782. The baronetcy became extinct on his death.

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