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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Elen Beattie, post: 7758493, member: 18081&quot;]Hello all, thought I would share for anyone who may be interested <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I won this little ink sketch at auction recently, 9.5&quot;L x 8&quot;W (including frame) by Sir George Hayter (1792-1871).</p><p><br /></p><p>The sketch is titled, &quot;Madame la Vicomtesse Alfred de Vaudreuil, 1830&quot;. I couldn&#039;t find a huge amount on the sitter but I found this paragraph: &quot;The sitter, <a href="https://www.sartle.com/artworks/topic/babes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sartle.com/artworks/topic/babes" rel="nofollow">Victoire Pauline Riquet de Caraman</a>, was an aristocrat who improved her status by marrying the Vicomte de Vaudreuil.&nbsp; Her husband was an aide-de-camp in the American Revolution. Unfortunately, the French Revolution destroyed her family’s fortunes in the Caribbean and Victoire was forced into exile.&nbsp; She returned after the fall of Napoleon and ended her days as a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette’s daughter…two aging grand dames of the old regime, left with nothing but their memories.&quot; I have included a portrait that I found of her from 1785 done by&nbsp; Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will likely sell it at some point but will enjoy it for now![ATTACH=full]424145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424148[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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