French school of the 1830s Portrait of Mrs Maria HOVY née JOHNSTON Round miniature on ivory. Diam. 7,5 cm. Born on July 14, 1785 in Bordeaux and died in 1868 in Bordeaux, she is the daughter of Nathaniel Weld Johnston born on January 9, 1743 in Dublin and died on July 16, 1825 in Bordeaux.

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