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ENGLISH SCHOOL, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, née Spencer (1761-1821), in white dress with blue sash, three-strand gold necklace, wearing a brown scarf in her powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, née Spencer (1761-1821), in white dress with blue sash, three-strand gold necklace, wearing a brown scarf in her powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, no. 152 (as 'by P. E. Stroeling. No. 48 in 1914 list. X.463 in Inventory')
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