Celebrating the Hay connection

This gorgeous portrait by Daniel MacNee definitely shows her off as a cherished married woman, wife, wearing a lovely Paris outfit, and showing the ring on her finger as she toys with her eye-glasses. Her new home, Whitehill, lies in the distance, and she is sitting on an embroidered red shawl, another acquisition from their lengthy travels in Italy? Her face has a pre-Raphaelite air; they had been gazing at so many Madonnas!