Marion Stodart (married name: Wyld) (1783 - 1860)
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I originally believed that this picture was of Alison Turnbull and was painted by George Watson and that it was held, in Kellie Castle in Fife, along with a picture of her husband, Robert Stodart.
However, I am told by a family in Connecticut that this is not the portrait of her but of her daughter, Marion Stodart, who married James Wyld of Gilston. They tell me that it was painted by the famous Sir Henry Raeburn and presently hangs in their dining room.
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