Circle of Edridge
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, half length, in white dress with blue sash and a bonnet, sky background (cracked)
carved wood frame
oval, 2¾in. (70mm.) high
Lot Essay
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English poet and letter writer. She accompanied her husband on embassy to Constantinople and upon returning introduced to England inoculation of small pox.