In La belle assemblée (London, 1830), plate opposite p. 48., Louisa Catherine Osborne (née Caton), Marchioness of Carmathen (1793-1874), married Francis Osborne (1798-1859) after the death of her first husband, Sir Felton Hervey (1782-1819). In 1838, she became Duchess of Leeds when Osborne became the 7th Duke of Leeds., “The proofs by M. Colnaghi, 23, Cockspur Street”., Waist-length portrait of the Maryland native, wearing a pearl necklace and teardrop earrings, and holding flowers.
In La belle assemblée (London, 1829), plate opposite p. [47]., Marianne Wellesley (née Caton), Marchioness Wellesley (1788-1853), was Lady of the bedchamber to the queen dowager Adelaide. She married Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) after the death of her first husband, Robert Patterson (1781-1822)., Three-quarter length portrait of the Maryland native, holding a fan.
In Heath’s Book of beauty (London, 1840), plate opposite p. [277]; the accompanying text is a poem “To Madame Van de Weyer : written on her wedding-day.”, In 1839, Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates married Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-1874), who served as the Belgian Ambassador in London, 1831-1867., Knee-length portrait of the Massachusetts native, possibly wearing her wedding dress.
