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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815
Two miniatures of Lady FitzRoy Somerset, née Lady Emily Wellesley-Pole (1792-1881): one, in burgundy velvet dress, wearing gold and blue necklaces, upswept curling hair; the other, in lace-bordered gold dress, wearing a fur-bordered red shawl, gold necklace, upswept curling hair
both on ivory
oval, 3¼ in. (84 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with foliate surround; rectangular, 3 x 2.3/8 in. (76 x 60 mm.), giltwood frame, respectively
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Lot Essay

Lady FitzRoy Somerset, née Lady Emily Wellesley-Pole, was the daughter of William Wellesley-Pole, Baron Maryborough and later 3rd Earl of Mornington and his wife Katherine Elizabeth, née Forbes (see lot 26). In 1814 she married Lotd FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and they had two sons, Arthur William FitzRoy and Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, who later became 2nd Baron Raglan, and two daughters, Charlotte Caroline Elizabeth and Catherine Anne Emily Cecilia Somerset.

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