Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Margaret Carpenter (1793–1872), born Margaret Sarah Geddes, was a British painter. Very famous in her time, she mostly painted portraits in the manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence. She was a close friend of Richard Parkes Bonington.
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