ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lady Parsons,

the sitter depicted half-length seated in an interior, wearing a lace bonnet and collar over black mourning dress, an ivory fan in her left hand, c. 1850, oil on canvas, 90cm x 70cm

Lady Parsons (nee Charlotte Worgan, 1761-1853) was the wife of Sir William Parsons, composer and musician and Master of the King's Musick between 1786-1817.

Provenance: The Estate of the Late Rufus Eyre