Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, portrait by or after Alfred Edward Chalon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, portrait by or after Alfred Edward Chalon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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