Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Fortescue

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Description: Miniature painting on ivory, rectangular from. Lady Elizabeth FORTESCUE of Castle Hill was born on 10 Jul 1801. She died on 27 Jan 1867. She was married to Viscount William Reginald COURTNEY 12th Earl of Devon on 27 Dec 1830. Viscount William Reginald COURTNEY 12th Earl of Devon was born on 19 Apr 1807. P.C. D.C.L. Joseph Osmond Barnard was born in Portsmouth, England in 1816. He arrived in Mauritius in 1838. A year later he married a young woman of Dutch origin. An advertisement in a local newspaper Le Cernéen of March 9, 1839 described Barnard as a miniature painter and engraver. Although he had little experience in engraving miniature portraits, his attempts to engrave the Queen's head were surprisingly successful. The one penny orange-red and the deep blue two pence, "Post Office" stamps engraved on copper plate by Barnard were put for sale on September 22, 1847. Barnard died in 1865 at his Sugar Estate, purchased in 1862 near Grand Port.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 2694
Condition: Good overall condition.	Year: Circa 1840
Country: UK	Maker: Joseph Osmond Barnard (1816-1865)
Height: 2.36 in. (5.99 cm)
Width: 1.97 in. (5.00 cm)
Title: Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Fortescue (1801-1867)	Style: 19th Century
Materials: Oil on ivory	Type: Oil on Card

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