From bbc.co; shadows filled in. That brought out the color of her dress and some of the background. Also posted to Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland’s Subalbum here.
Harriet Howard’s dress has a mid-20s waistline when she was about 20 herself. This may have been painted about when she married in 1823.
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