Lady Jane Erskine (1818–1846)

copy of a portrait (1837) by a Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858) for the Beauty Gallery of Ludwig I of Bavaria

Lady Jane Erskine was married to James Henry Callander, Esquire of Craigforth (8 1837)
James Henry Callander (18 August 1803 – 31 January 1851), of Craigforth, Stirlingshire, was a Scottish politician.
Callander was the 5th Callander Laird of Craigforth, Stirlingshire, and 16th Laird of Ardkinglas, Argyllshire.
He sat as Member of Parliament for Argyllshire from 1832 to 1835.

Callander married firstly his cousin the Honourable Jane Plumer Erskine (1818–1846), daughter of David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine and Frances Cadwallader, on 29 August 1837.
They had three daughters:
Fanny Jane Callander.
Mary Hermione, who married 1stly Charles Sartoris; and secondly George Henry Dawkins, of Over Norton Park.
Janey Sevilla Callander, theatre producer. She married Lord Archibald Campbell, brother of John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, on 12 January 1869. Their son Niall became the 10th Duke.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
frame: velvet with brass rim
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: excellent
dimension vertically: 109 mm
inner diameter ring: 56 mm
thick: 9-10 mm
convex glass
suspension hook and little chain
signed





stock number 516