Image: Elizabeth Frances Hale (cropped)
Description: The niece of Jeffery Amherst and sister of William Pitt Amherst, Elizabeth Frances Amherst (1774-1826) married John Hale, seigneur of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade and Receiver-General for Canada. She produced a sketchbook of watercolour views, primarily of Quebec scenes, which is now in the collection of the National Archives. Francis Ferrière was a miniature artist born in Geneva who exhibited in England at the Royal Academy from 1793 to 1804. In the Royal Academy exhibition records, he is listed as having exhibited a miniature of a "Miss Amherst" in 1799.
Title: Portrait of Elizabeth Frances Amherst, Mrs. John Hale (1774-1826)
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Author: Francis Ferrière (1752-1839)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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