Lady Anne Barnard
(12 December 1750-6 May 1825), nee Anne Lindsay, eldest daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres was born at Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland. She was author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray and an accomplished travel writer, artist and socialite of the period. Her five year residence in Cape Town, South Africa, although brief, had a significant impact on the cultural and social life of the time.
ID: 95779 landscape Oil painting by Lady Anne Barnard 1750-1825. Lady Anne was an accomplished travel-writer, artist and socialite of the time. The picture is believed to be of Raby Castle, the seat of Lord Barnard's family since 1626.
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