Olivia Serres, English painter, writer and impostor

Olivia Serres (1772-1834), English painter and writer, also famous as an impostor and pretender to the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland. Depicted in veil and dress, holding a paint brush and portfolio. Oval portrait copperplate engraving by Mackenzie, after a painting by George Francis Joseph, published by J. Ridgeway, London, 1805

18th Century Fraud Georgian Era Impostor Mackenzie Madness Mental Illness Oval Portrait Paint Brush Portfolio Pretender Regency Era Scandal

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