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Fig.1.
PortraitofIzabela
Czartoryska,byMaria
CeciliaCosway,oilon
canvas,1790,Fundacja
KsiążątCzartoryskich
1774.Czartoryskacontinuallynotedthat
thereisCnothinglikePoland,
)wherehappiness
isCameasureofenjoymentandgaiety,sweet
intimacy,naturalease,andwhatonemight
callthesecretofgoodcompany.)21Theseprej-
udicialjudgmentswouldhavebeenwellre-
Insearchof
delightfulprospects...
18
21I.Cz.toK.D.,London,4June1790,B.Cz.6107.
ceivedbackhome.Letters,afterall,wereread
andre-readindiversecompany,andtherefore
reaffirmedherself-stylingasapatriotandher
allegiancesinPoland.Retreatingfromthe
worldofLondonsociety,sheattachedherself
toLadyDuncannon,sisteroftheDuchess
ofDevonshire,renewedherfriendshipwith
FrancesJersey,andformedanewbondwith
theartistMariaCosway.22Coswaypainted
aportraitofIzabela,anunusualworkforher
oeuvre,simplifiedtothepointofausteritybut
atthesametimehavingaqualityofadelicate
miniature(Figure1).
Weneedtonotethatsheformedthenega-
tiveassessmentoftheLondonsocietybefore
22ShespentmostofhertimebetweentheLon-
donhousesofthelattertwo.I.Cz.toM.W.,London,
4January1790,9January1790,London,B.Cz.6137.
Frances,CountessJersey,wifeofGeorgeBussythe4th
EarlJersey,wassoontoinvolveherselfinascandal-
ousaffairwiththePrinceofWales.See:VioletPow-
ell,Margaret,CountessofJersey:abiography(London:
Heinemann,1978).CoswaywasaclosefriendofIzabe-
laLubomirska.OntheconnectionsbetweenCosway
andLubomirskainParissee:GeraldBarnett,Richard
andMariaCosway:abiography(Cambridge:Lutter-
worthPress,1995),pp.100-104.OnLubomirska)ssa-
lonactivitiesinParisoverherstaystheresee:Bożenna
Majewska-Maszkowska,CMecenatArtystycznyIzabel-
lizCzartoryskichLubomirskiej,1736-1816,
)Studia
zHistoriiSztuki(Wrocław:Ossolineum,1976),pp.
22-23,64-65.
