French: Artist Unknown

Portrait miniature by an unknown artist depicting Madame de La Roque (née Marie Thérèsa de Cairon) and Her Daughter, Elisabeth (Who Later Became Madame Morin de Banneville)

Madame de La Roque (née Marie Thérèsa de Cairon; 1763-1846)
and Her Daughter, Élisabeth (1788-1857; Who Later Became
Madame Morin de Banneville), Depicted in Front of a Curtain
and Stone Balustrade at Dusk

(identified by handwritten notes affixed to the reverse of the portrait)

French
circa 1795
Artist unknown

2 9/16 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal surround
and affixed within in an ebonized wood frame (frame not shown here)

Notes affixed to the reverse of the miniature portrait,
written in French, identifying the subjects.

Family Details about the Subjects: Marie Thérèsa de Cairon (1763-1846; the mother in the above portrait) became Madame de La Roque by way of her marriage to Pierre Labbey de La Roque (1753-1827). Together they had two children: Élisabeth (1788-1857; the daughter in the portrait) and Léopold Auguste (1791-1849). Élisabeth, in turn, became Madame Morin de Banneville) by way of her marriage to Adrien Louis Armand Morin de Banneville (1785-1856).