The painter invited to take likenesses of the heirs de Fer was obliged to return for another visit when it was discovered the twins, Jacob and Asher, had sat for each other's portraits. At the dowager duchess' insistence, such an inaccurate portrait of Jacob was not to be shown to the marriage market abroad. The eldest sibling Lady Jocelyn is rumoured to have suggested the painter change but a single brush stroke, wait one day, and present the miniatures to her mother again. The artist was paid twice for his trouble.


















