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[elleshushan]

“Miss Brunton of Covent Garden Theatre, was married to the Earl of Craven, at seven in the evening at Craven House, and the following day the happy pair set off to Coombe Abbey.” Jackpot! A comic actress of some renown, Louisa Bruton replaced the fabled Covent Garden luminary Elizabeth Farren, who had retired from the stage to become the Countess of Derby. Louisa purposely followed all of Farren’s footsteps. The Brutons were a minor (extremely minor) theatrical dynasty of which Louisa was the most famous. She went to great lengths to stress that she was an artiste, not an actress (read courtesan) just as Farren had. Perhaps somewhat less convincing - note the ensemble in the second portrait - she still managed to catch her own Earl, retiring from the theatre after only 4 years. She and her sportsman husband - the Earl, a founder of the Royal Yacht Squadron, named his yacht ‘Louisa’ - raised their family at his country estate. She lived on there in seclusion for 35 years after his death, sponsoring local charities - the perfect personification of an aristocrat. Louisa will return to public performances at TEFAF New York Fall - opening November 1 at the Park Avenue Armory. ************************************* Though almost all known images of Louisa are either by or after Samuel John Stump, it appears likely that the majority were based on the second image, that of Louisa on leopard skin, signed and dated 1807. Upon Louisa catching the Count, Stump had to quickly clean up her act, so he dressed her in diaphanous blue and lace, befitting her soon-to-be station. ************************************* By Henry Pierce Bone, enamel on copper, inscribed, signed & dated 1837. ************************************* @tefaf_art_fair #TEFAF #TEFAFNY #TEFAFNYFall #TEFAFNewYorkFall #TEFAFNewYorkFall2019 #ParkAvenueArmory #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #MiniaturePortrait #MiniaturePortraits #HistoricArt #CountessofCraven #LouisaBruton #LouisaCountessofCraven #BritishPortrait #elleshushan #BritishPortraitMiniature #HenryPierceBone #SamuelJohnSturmp https://www.instagram.com/p/B2AQqNLH7Lt/?igshid=w92tghxmozat

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History . 10 July 1553

Lady Jane Grey was Proclaimed Queen of England . . ◾ Born c.1536/1537 – executed.12 February 1554), Jane is also known as Lady Jane Dudley or The Nine Day Queen. Se was an English noblewoman & de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553. . ▪ The great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, Jane was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. In May 1553, she was married to Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward’s chief minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. . ▪ When the 15-year-old king lay dying in June 1553, he nominated Jane as successor to the Crown in his will, thus subverting the claims of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth under the Third Succession Act. . ▪ Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London when the Privy Council decided to change sides & proclaim Mary as queen on 19 July 1553. . Jane was convicted of high treason in November 1553, which carried a sentence of death, although her life was initially spared. Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion of January & February 1554 against Queen Mary I’s plans to marry Philip of Spain led to the execution of both Jane & her husband. . ▪ Lady Jane Grey had an excellent humanist education & a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. A committed Protestant, she was posthumously regarded as not only a political victim but also a martyr. . Portrait by Henry Pierce Bone, 1844 . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1553 #Queen #QueenofEngland #JaneGrey #LadyJaneGrey #Otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #Bradgatepark #LadyJaneDudley #TheNineDayQueen #Monarchy #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #portraitpainting #TudorHistory #TudorDynasty #artwork #henrypiercebone #Britishhistory #portraitpaintings #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #History #RoyaltyinArt #BritishMonarchy #D10Jul (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCenB2wjNTL/?igshid=1cc7xlf2uhhyv