Newly discovered portrait of Isabella Parry, wife of Polar explorer Sir Edward Parry »
Miniature portrait of Isabella Louisa Parry (1801-39), watercolour on ivory, English School, circa 1826, rectangular 100 x 75mm (4″ x 3 ″), later gold mount within giltwood frame, annotated in a later hand on reverse of frame: Isabella, Lady Parry, For Hugh This beautiful rediscovered miniature portrays the first wife of the Arctic explorer Sir (William) Edward […]
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