Monday, 14 December 2020

Lady Susan and her horse (1900)

 Lady Susan Beresford (1877 - 1947) and her horse, photographed on December 15, 1900 at her home, Mayfield House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford (Ireland).

Lady Susan was a daughter of Lady Blanche Somerset (daughter of the 8th Duke of Beaufort) and John Henry de la Poer Beresford (fifth Marquis of Waterford, Lord Liutenant of Waterford and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Artillery, South Irish Division). She marriedthe Hon.Hugh Dawnay in 1902.
The original image in the Library of Ireland archive is here shown digitally hand painted by me.