Coster, Mrs.
Mrs. Coster & child / A.E. Chalon ; W.H. Mote.
Coster, Stephanie de Pau -- Portraits.
Coster, Frances Stephanie -- Portraits.
Mothers.
Women.
Fictitious characters.
Bankes, Lalagé Letitia Caroline, 1834-1875 -- Portraits.
In The American book of beauty, or, Token of friendship (Hartford, 1847?), plate following p. [72].
Full-length portrait of Mrs. Coster [possibly Stephanie de Pau Coster, wife of Washington Coster] seated next to child [possibly her daughter Frances Stephanie Coster]. Cf. oil painting at MCNY? (not seen). Mrs. Coster has an open book on her lap, on which the child's left hand rests.
Another portrait appears in: The Family circle and parlor annual, 1848 (New York, 1847), plate preceding p. [117].
Original sitter identified as the Hon. Lalagé Letitia Caroline Bankes (née Vivian), the wife of Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes; and the daughter of 1st Baron Vivian. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw199868/Hon-Lalag-Letitia-Caroline-Bankes-ne-Vivian?LinkID=mp94766&role=sit&rNo=0
[Hartford? : s.n.]
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860, artist.
Mote, William Henry, engraver.
[1847?]
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849.
Engravings -- 1840-1849.
1 print : engraving ; 18.7 x 11.4 cm.
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