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PP-P.783.002
4 Jan 1783:22 (11/985)
London, September 19. Lady Temple, the new Vice-Queen of
Ireland, is supposed to be the most charming and
accomplished woman in Europe.
. . . 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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