Beschreibung:

British School. Mrs Dalgairns [and] Lizzie Ornsby, née Dalgairns, circa 1840-1850, a pair of three-quarter length portraits, watercolour on paper, the first portraying a seated lady holding a book, the second depicting a lady standing in the grounds of a house, wearing a blue dress and holding a book, Mrs Dalgairns with some foxing spots to background (slightly affecting headdress), Lizzie Ornsby with some darkening to skin and clothing, mount apertures 502 x 356 mm (19 3/4 x 14 ins) and 492 x 365 mm (19 3/8 x 14 3/8 ins) respectively, uniformaly gilt window mounted and framed (67 x 51.5 cm and smaller), Lizzie Ornsby glazed, both versos with typewritten label (Quantity: 2) The typewritten labels on the frame versos 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'.