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Avarne was part of a growing group of women artists who practiced miniature painting as a path to artistic acclaim, agency, and financial security. Avarne was close with Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, and it is likely that some of her circle would have sat for Avarne’s portraits. The framing on this miniature indicates it may have once been worn as a brooch, but the metal fixtures are missing.","physicalDescription":"Portrait miniature on ivory of an unknown woman in a white dress, signed and dated by the artist, set in a turned faceted ivory frame.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Charlotte Avarne","id":"AUTH319095"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Charlotte Avarne was a British miniature painter. She was born Charlotte Anne Hemington in 1749 in Leicester, daughter of Robert Hemington of Donnington Park and grand-daughter of Lieut. Col. Robert Hemington of 1st Foot Guards and Gentleman Usher to the King. She married Rev. William Avarne, private tutor to the sons of the famous Countess of Huntingdon. While he travelled with his pupils, Avarne supposedly frequently stayed with the Countess. Many of her circle may have been the sitters for Avarne’s miniatures, and she is said to have contributed portraits of ministers to the Countess of Huntingdon’s connexion. Avarne lived in Islington, Kent Road, and later in life she purchased an estate in the Isle of Man. 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