Upgrade image from Wikimedia replaces one posted on 18 May 2011; enlarged by half.
This portrait is impossible to date, but it provides a good look at lace in the 1800s.
Keywords: Desanges, Charlotte Countess Spencer, Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour, Seymour family, Spencer family, Countess, British, curly coiffure, hat, earrings, chemise, high enclosing neckline, ruff, bodice, collar, lace scarf