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MG-A(G.783.001
16 Jan 1783:11,12 (1879)
London, . . . Sept. 19. . . Lady Temple, the new Vice-Queen
of Ireland, is supposed to be the most charming and
accomplished woman in Europe. . . [3 lines] Her character,
drawn by a gentleman who was at that time abroad, is as
follows:
Lady Louisa Nugent (Lady Temple's maiden name) has
vivacity and judgement more than common, has read much, and
assumes nothing. She speaks Italian well, French perfectly;
she is passionately fond of paintings and antiquities, and
she draws prettily; but her most distinguished
accomplishment is music. Millico, who has the most taste of
any singer in Italy has been her master, and she has so much
profited by his instructions, that I have seen her several
times enchant the most critical judges of Rome and Naples.
Add to these talents, a charming shape, a form elegantly
turned, a lilly-white complexion, animated by the most
beautiful carnation in the world, two eyes full of sweetness
and spirit, and you have the portrait of Louisa Nugent.
Perhaps you may be tempted to suspect that this is a fancy
piece, rather than a copy from nature-- I assure you, 'tis
as true a portrait as Titian or Vandyke ever painted.
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