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Description: | Signed: yes Description: In spite of being a formal portrait, this picture is still a charming costume-piece.The sitter, who lived from 1743-1811, is surrounded by elements showing her dedication to her home and to her husband. She holds a knotting shuttle in her right hand; her knotting bag bears two coats of arms under a coronet, and she wears a miniature portrait of her husband set on a black ribbon. The canary behind her can symbolise the home, as it is a domestic bird, but is also a status symbol for this wealthy lady, as it would have been an expensive pet to buy. | Subjects: | Elizabeth); animal (canary) portrait (de la Vallée de la Roche | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Descours, Michel Pierre Hubert (French artist, 1741 - 1814) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8998... | Go to resource |
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