Lady Louisa Tollemache, Countess of Dysart (1745-1840) (after Katherine Read)

Moses Haughton the elder (Wednesbury 1734 - Ashted, near Birmingham 1804) or Moses Haughton the younger (Wednesbury 1772/4 - 1848). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Louisa Tollemache, Countess of Dysart (1745-1840) (after Katherine Read) by Moses Haughton the elder (Wednesbury 1734 - Ashted, near Birmingham 1804) or Moses Haughton the younger (Wednesbury 1772/4 - 1848), a painted inscription, top right: Louisa Countess of Dysart, Born July 2, 1745, died September 22nd 1840 and in ink on label: The right Honble Lady Louisa Manners copied by Moses Haughton from an original Picture by Miss Reed...[in different ink] which was painted about the year 1761 when Louisa Tollemache was about 16. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, head inclined to the left, shyly gazing at the spectator, her blonde hair loose and falling in ringlets on her right shoulder, she wears a loose gown patterned with gold, and a gold shawl with a blue lining which she holds to her bosom with her right hand. Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)