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Mrs Miller, Missionary, Representing a Chinese Lady in her Boudoir

Posted: January 4th, 2020 | No Comments »

Spotted this in the window of an antique shop in St Albans a while back. ‘Mrs Miller, Missionary, Representing a Chinese Lady in her Boudoir’ by Marian Emily Dampier Terry. All i know of Ms. Terry is what is on the antique dealer’s card – born Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1867, daughter of Lt-Col Frederick Stephen Terry. Her sister, Agnes Dampier Terry, apparrently exhibited at the RA Exhibition in London in 1911. Marian is noted as living in Cricklewood, London.



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