£50
19th century British School.
Watercolour on paper
A pair of three-quarter length portraits of Mrs Dalgairns and Lizzie Ornsby, née Dalgairns, circa 1840-1850, the first portraying a seated lady holding a book, the second a pastel on paper, depicting a lady standing in the grounds of a house, wearing a blue dress and holding a book, mount apertures 50cm x 35.5cm and 49cm x 36.5 cm respectively, uniformly gilt window mounted and framed Lizzie Ornsby glazed, both versos with typewritten label
The typewritten labels on the frames verso read: Mrs Dalgairns, née Dobrée, of The Rosaire, Guernsey, [and] Lizzie Ornsby, née Dalgairns, daughter of Captain Dalgairns.
Elizabeth Dalgairns (1819-1898) was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey to William Dalgairns (1786-1869) and Caroline Dobrée (1798-1852, of an old Guernsey landowning family). Elizabeth married Robert Ornsby (1820-1889) with whom she had one child: Harriet Lowe Ornsby (1848-?). Elizabeth died in Dublin, Ireland. William Dalgairns was an officer in the Scots 7th Fusiliers during the Peninsular War - a Lieutenant rather than a Captain.
Robert Ornsby was a Fellow of Trinity College, and later a Professor in the Roman Catholic University of Ireland. Both he and John Dobrée Dalgairns (brother to Elizabeth) were contributors to John Henry Newman's 'Lives of the English Saints'.
Mrs Dalgairns with some foxing spots to background (slightly affecting headdress), Lizzie Ornsby with some darkening to skin and clothing
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