A Collection of Six Portrait Miniatures

including three portraits of Lady Mary Wedderburn, née Belsches, by F*** Moss; two portraits of ladies, by C[harles] Dixon (fl.1748-1798); and a portrait of a lady, traditionally called Mary Stuart of Castlemilk, British School, circa 1725

The works have generally been well preserved.
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Lady Mary Wedderburn was the daughter of John Belsches of Invermay (1710-1753) and Mary Stuart of Castlemilk (1710-1739). She married, as his second wife, Sir Henry Wedderburn, a captain in the East Indies. The miniaturist signing C.D. is indentified with C[harles] Dixon, who lived in London and in circa 1757 painted Benjamin Franklin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).¹

1. D. Foskett, Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Aberdeen 1979, p. 529