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Lady Hariot Vernon (died 1786) was the third daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739). In 1743 she married Henry Vernon (1718-1765). This portrait dates from Ramsay's early days in London where, following his return from Italy in 1738. By 1742 when this portrait was painted Ramsay had few rivals, famously declaring that he had put visiting French and Italian painters to flight and was himself playing 'first fiddle'.
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