Madeline Wyndham, an enamel rectangular plaque, painted with a peacock above `QVEM QVAERITIS SVRR

Madeline Wyndham, an enamel rectangular plaque, painted with a peacock above `QVEM QVAERITIS SVRREXIT SICVT: DIXIT` and `M. W. Fecit for Darling Sibyl Queensbury. Easter 1899 Clouds in sure & certain Hope of the Resurrection to Eternal Life` verso, in a brass frame, 8cm high overall. Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Wyndham (1835-1920) was the daughter of Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet and Pamela Fitzgerald. She married the Hon. Percy Wyndham in 1860. She was an artist in enamels, embroidery and watercolour. She and her husband were the core of the bohemian group formed in the 1880s known as the `Souls`. The three Wyndham daughters were known as the `Three Graces` of the Souls. Burne-Jones was the painter closest to this aristocratic group. They lived at Clouds House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire which was designed by Philip Webb between 1881 and 1885 and decorated by Morris and Co. They also had a house in London at 44 Belgrave Square. Sibyl Queensbury was the first wife of the 9th Marquess of Queensbury. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.