Lady Julia Hobhouse, full face in claret-coloured velvet dress, the sleeves slashed to reveal white lining, jewelled clasps at shoulders, wearing a a bracelet and holding a posy of flowers
signed with initials, ormolu frame with chased foliate border
rectangular, 5 5/8in. (142mm.) high
Literature
Schidlof, 1964, fig. 1046, pl. 511
Lot Essay
Lady Julia Hobhouse, eldest daughter of The Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baron Broughton and Lady Julia Hay, youngest daughter of 7th Marquess of Tweedale, died unmarried 5 September 1849