British noblewoman, born in 1818 the sixth daughter of British ambassador to Munich.
Jane was introduced to King Ludwig I of Bavaria by his wife Queen Therese who thought she was a suitable subject for his gallery of beauties.
In the portrait, 19 years old Jane wears an exaggerated side curl coiffure with a braided rope of hair running around the back of her head.
After getting married to her cousin, moving to Scotland and giving birth to 3 beautiful daughters, Jane tragically died at the age of 28.