Gainsborough's Hon. Frances Duncombe - Aimee Ng

Innumerable pearlsline the blue satin dress of the Honourable Frances Duncombe, who wears abright red jewel on her chest, possibly a ruby or garnet. Frances was raised byher stepmother in the house of the Earl of Radnor and was betrothed to theearl's eldest son. However, her engagement was broken off when the familydiscovered her affair with a John Bowater, whom she married in 1778. Exactlywhen and why this monumental portrait was commissioned from Gainsborough isunknown. After spending some years... Zobrazit více