Lady D'Oyly (née Elizabeth Jane Ross)

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Lady D'Oyly (née Elizabeth Jane Ross)
Lady Diana D'Oyly, facing right in white dress and gauze veil, her two sons beside her, one held in the arms of a servant; a Lady, standing full length in loose white dress, breasts bared, a cherub clinging to her dress; waterfall and landscape background; a Lady, seated by a pool, a winged cherub at her side; landscape background; a Lady, standing three-quarter length in blue dress, embroidered blue shawl draped at waist; pillar and curtain background; a Lady, facing right in brown dress, white turban and falling gauze headgear; and a Gentleman, facing right in Van Dyck costume and fur cloak
unframed
rectangular and oval, 3in. (76mm.) to 6½in. (165mm.) high
See Front Cover for part lot Illustration (6)

Provenance

Mrs. C.L.V. D'Oyly
Nicholas B. Allen, sold Sotheby's, 15 July 1974, lot 41

Lot Essay

Elisabeth Jane, daughter of Major Thomas Ross and ward of the Governor-General of Calcutta married Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Bt. (1781-1845), as his second wife.
Lady Diana D'Oyly married Sir John Hadley D'Oyly on 16 March 1779.

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