According to a posting of 10 October 2010 in the Live Journal russkie razvlecheniya blog, the Countess was said to be mistress of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Presumably they are in Naples with Vesuvio smoking in the background.
Posted to Livejournal's La Mode Illustree blog by duchesselisa on 21 March 2011.
While British aristocrats stay Napoléonic, others wear more forward-looking styles with fuller skirts and sleeves as does Countess Tiesenhausen.
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