A lady called Mrs William Bayly, in blue satin Van Dyck dress, yellow tabbed shoulder-wings, white chemise and starched linen Van Dyck collar, pearl strand and gauze scarf attached to her bodice, upswept powdered curling hair

SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808) A lady called Mrs William Bayly, in blue satin Van Dyck dress, yellow tabbed shoulder-wings, white chemise and starched linen Van Dyck collar, pearl strand and gauze scarf attached to her bodice, upswept powdered curling hair on ivory oval, 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the glazed reverse with seed-pearl monogram 'FL' laid down on hairwork; hinged moroccan red leather case accompanying paper note reads 'Mrs. Wm. Bayly nee Anne Swift of Baldoyle Gt. Grandmother of Mrs. C. A. Bayly whose mother was Anne Isabel Walsh whose mother was Anne Walsh ie. Anne Bayly.'; the reverse reading 'By Samuel Shelley about 1790' in script and '1/E.' in type 2