1804 Mary Nisbet, Countess Elgin
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gogm1In album: Napoleonic Ladies, Early 19th Centu...In Webshots channel: entertainment - Date uploaded: Apr 20, 2007
By Francois, Baron Gerard. According to the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, "Mary Nisbet's dark hair and velvet dress complement her light skin. The artist has carefully defined the delicate ruff of the high lace collar, the touches of gold in the embroidered decoration and her fine jewellery. The portrait was probably painted in Paris where Mary's husband, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was British Ambassador. She interceded successfully on his behalf when he was imprisoned in 1803, after Napoleon revoked the Treaty of Amiens, ending the temporary peace between Britain and France." She was involved in getting the notorious Elgin Marbles out of Greece when her husband was ambassador to the Ottomans when they occupied Greece.
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