Lady Caroline Gabella Howard

Seven-year-old aristocrat Caroline Howard is the subject of this charming print. Typical of British portraiture of the time, the image is laden with symbolism. The pose of sitting or kneeling on the ground is a reference to her innocence. The use of roses, emblems of love, may allude to the future promise of Lady Caroline's beauty as an adult; that the flowers are in bud form represents her youth.