λ English School c. 1800 Portrait of Charlotte St. John half length

λ English School c. 1800

Portrait of Charlotte St. John

half length, facing left, in a landscape

Oval in a red leather case

75 x 59mm

Charlotte was the daughter of George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke and his fist wife Charlotte Collins. St John later left his wife and had a relationship with his younger half-sister. As a result of the scandal they moved to France.