Portrait of Frances Vandewall, née Ingram, later Mrs George Augustus Killigrew, in a blue dress and pearl necklace

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WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH (EYE, SUFFOLK 1706-1799 BATH)
Portrait of Frances Vandewall, née Ingram, later Mrs George Augustus Killigrew, in a blue dress and pearl necklace
inscribed 'Mrs Vanderwall' (verso)
pastel
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)

Literature

N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.395.1342.

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Lot Essay

Frances Ingram (d. 1765) married Joseph Vandewall (b. 1714) in 1737. Joseph died in 1739 at French Ordinary Court in the hospital of the Crutched Friars. She later married Captain George Augustus Killigrew (1717-1757). He served in Col. Douglas' Regiment of Marines, and they were married in June 1753.
We are grateful to Tancrède Hertzog for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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