French School, 1817

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Sale, London, Bonham's, 25 November 1992, lot 61;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

The sitter, daughter of the Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, married Major General Lord George William Russell, second son of the 6^th Duke of Bedford in June 1817. At the time of the wedding Lord Russell was acted as aide-de-camp to Arthur, Duke of Wellington, British Ambassador in Paris.