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Susanna (sometimes spelled Susannah) Wales, Lady Malet was a British artist.
Biography
Wales was the daughter of Scottish artist James Wales. She appears to have travelled with her father to India in the 1790s, either toPoona
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
or Bombay
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, before she was married. On 17 September 1799 she married Sir Charles Malet, whom her father had met while working in India. The couple had eight sons and lived at Wilbury House
Wilbury House or Wilbury Park is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, and the surrounding park and garden are Gra ...
, Wiltshire.
Wales is credited to a portrait of Sir Alexander Malet and his wife Marian Malet, posed in Wilbury House.
Engraver Charles Heath
Charles Theodosius Heath (1 March 1785 – 18 November 1848) was a British engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator.
Life and career
He was the illegitimate son of James Heath, a successful engraver who enjoyed ...
used one of Wales' drawings to create 'The Conclusion of the Cheetah Hunt at Cambay', which appeared in James Forbes' ''Oriental Memoirs''.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wales, Susanna 1780 births 1868 deaths British women painters British portrait painters Wives of baronets