Portrait of Frederica, Countess of Mansfield (d.1860), half-length, in a yellow dress and a red shawl

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Attributed to George Sanders (Scottish 1774-1846)
Portrait of Frederica, Countess of Mansfield (d.1860), half-length, in a yellow dress and a red shawl
oil on unlined canvas
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.)
in an early 19th century composition frame

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the daughter of Dr. William Markham, Archbishop of York. She married David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield and 8th Viscount Stormont (1777-1840) on 16th September 1797.

Born in Fife, Sanders trained in Edinburgh under the coach painter William Allan, before moving to London in 1805.

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