Book Description

Portrait of a Lady near Oporto, at 19 yrs. of Age. Only 26 inches high. Published by Alex. Hogg & Co 1807. Approx 21 cm x 12.5 cm single leaf, foxed, largely to margins. This unidentified woman is pictured next to” The thigh bone of a Mammoth, the largest Ever Seen” . The portrait is recorded as being in the collection of Dr Lettsom , ( presumably Dr John Coakley Lettsom physician, philanthropist, botanist, mineralogist and collector).
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