OR, Bell's COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE, FOR MARCH, 1807. ...... 116 EMBELLISHMENTS. 1. A Portrait of her Grace the DUCHESS of BEDFORD. 2. Portrait of a FRENCH LADY on horseback, finely coloured. 3. The DUCHESS of ROXBOROUGH's new fashionable HALF DRESS. 4. Portrait of a LADY in the OPERA DRESS. 5. An ORIGINAL SONG, set to Music for the Harp and Piano-Forte, by Mr. Reeve, expressly and exclusively for LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. 6. Two new PATTERNS FOR NEEDLE-WORK. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ILLUS- || On the Art of Drawing TRIOUS LADIES. Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. The Golden Mirror; or, the Kings of Sheshian; a true history, translated from the Sheshianese... 153 148 Original and Select..... The Speetre. 119 Sabina; or, Morning Scenes in the Dressing London: Printed by and for J. BELL, Proprietor of the WEEKLY MESSENGER, Southampton-Street, Strand, April 1, 1807. HER GRACE GEORGIANA DUTCHESS of BEDFORD. Engraven by special permission from the original miniature Printed & pressly Sexclusirdy for Is Bolle Aremb'ic: Tot & Boll unchly. Resurger ffice Southampton Street Strand April 1185, COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE, For MARCH, 1807. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES. The Fifteenth Number. HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD. HAVING completed the suit of Portraits of all the Female Branches of the ROYAL FAMILY, including his Majesty; to which likewise are annexed those slight Biographical Sketches which alone accorded with the plan of our Magazine, and were judged most suitable to the feelings of the dignified characters themselves, we now commence with another series. The first respect would seem naturally due to the illustrious females of this kingdom; but it has been suggested to us, that a suit of Portraits of the reigning Female Sovereigns of Europe, in friendship and alliance with Great Britain, would be desirable to the lovers of the Fine Arts, as forming a splendid and unique collection, to embellish, in conjunction with the present complete suit of the Royal Family of England, the Cabinet of the amateur. The first difficulty, that of procuring faithful and esteemed pictures of these illustrious foreigners, we have not only succeeded in overcoming, but have met unlooked-for facility in procuring. The Ambassadors of the several Courts, resident in London, have politely favoured us with portraits of their respective Sovereigns, and sanctioned our plan with the utmost condescension. Notwithstanding, there is a sort of allegiance and precedence due to our native nobility, which we are disposed to preserve, in commencing with the following distinguished Lady.-Having thus testified our respect, we shall begin, in the next ensuing month, with the suit of the FOREIGN SOVEREIGNS; to whose portraits we shall likewise attach a portion of historical and private biography, of a very rare interest, derived from sources peculiarly our own. Of her Grace the Duchess of Bedford, all biography, in her present early youth, would be presumptuous. Little can be known out of the sphere of her domestic circle, (which she embellishes with those || virtues and qualities peculiar to her sex,) but what a common peerage will supply. Georgiana Russell is the youngest daughter of the present Duke and Duchess of Gordon; she was married June 28, 1803, to John Duke of Bedford, the present Viceroy of Ireland, by whom she has issue a son, as yet an infant, christened, in compliment to a distinguished Statesman, deceased, Charles James Fox Russell. Her Grace is most accomplished in her manners, and amiable in her person; she has not yet attained her 25th year. |