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Giuseppina Grassini. Etching by Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe.
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Giuseppina Grassini. Etching by Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe.

Caroline Elizabeth Mary Stuart Wortley Wharncliffe

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Giuseppina Maria Camilla Grassini (1773-1850). Italian contralto and singing teacher. She is said to have been the lover of both Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Portrayed in outline, standing, possibly in character, directed to right in profil perdu.

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