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"Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonberry" wearing her "Amethyst Tiara Siberian" given by Tsar Alexander I of Russia as a stomacher and wearing her "Diamond Stomacher" (1927) made by R. & S. Garrard nd Co (1854), and "Frances Anne Emily, Marchioness of Londonberry" by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1827-28) and by Francis Grant (1820-30) presented in “A History of Jewellery: Bedazzled (part 5: 19th Century)” by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson - International Jewellery Historian and Author - for the V&A Academy online, march 2024.