John Francis Rigaud (Turin 1742- 1810 Warwicks)

Portrait of Lady Jane Mildmay, seated three-quarter-length, in a white silk dress playing the harp

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John Francis Rigaud (Turin 1742- 1810 Warwicks)
Portrait of Lady Jane Mildmay, seated three-quarter-length, in a white silk dress playing the harp
signed and dated 'Rigaud 1785' (center left, on the harp)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)

Provenance

with T. Gilbert Brouillette, Staten Island.

Lot Essay

Lady Jane Mildmay (1765-1857) was the eldest daughter of Carew Mildmay of Shawford House, Hants, and of Mildmay Park, Stoke Newington, and his wife, Jane, daughter of William Pescod. She married Sir Henry Paulet St. John in 1786.

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