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A Miniature of Georgiana Emma, Countess of Longford, nee Lygon (d. 1880), by Mrs Anne Mee, circa 1817.

Ivory, rectangula,r in a gilt-metal mount, with plush surround, 13.7cm.

The sitter, is shown in three-quarter length, with short brown hair and wearing a white lace-trimmed dress.

She was the wife of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Longford (1774-1835) and the mother of Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham (1827-1909), wife of William, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825-1895).

Anne Mee (1765-1851) was a prolific miniaturist of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

REFERENCE: MIN0063

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