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ANNA MARIA, DUCHESS OF BEDFORD (1783-1857)
Portrait of the artist
c. 1810RCIN 420402
A talented amateur miniaturist, Lady Anna Stanhope depicts herself in lavish sixteenth-century costume festooned with pearls and jewels, holding a carnival mask. She is fondly remembered as one of Queen Victoria’s favourite ladies-in-waiting, and as the founder of the most British of institutions, afternoon tea.
No. 115
