Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) Watercolor Portrait Of Madame Jane Jarvis, Romantic Period

Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)
Portrait of a young English lady Jane Jarvis
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Circa 1830
Dimensions: 15 x 19.6 cm

Jane Jarvis daughter of Peter Nathan and Elizabeth Roberts. She was baptized in Dorking, Surrey on March 17, 1799 and married Swynfen Steven Jarvis in Esher in March 1821. The couple had seven children. Obviously the portrait was made during the stay of Madame Jervis in France, because Paul Delaroche never went to England.

We know of another portrait of the same person, which was part of the collection of French drawings by Muriel Butkin and which was bequeathed by the latter to the Cleveland Museum in the United States.
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.348 
Obviously the Clevlend version represents Madame Jarvis in mourning, while in our portrait she wears a white dress. However the face as well as the hat and accessories like fur boa and black collar remain the same on both versions. This suggests that our portrait and that of the museum were commissioned and executed one after the other, quite quickly. It is possible that Madame Jarvis posed for the artist for our watercolor portrait, and the one in the museum was commissioned from the artist following the death of her father in 1830. Paul Delaroche then used the first portrait for represent the same person in mourning.