Cavaliere Alessandro Capalti (Italian 1810-1868) Portrait of Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (née Hope-Vere), three-quarter length, wearing a black dress, seated in an interior Signed and dated Capalti 1845 (lower left) Oil on canvas 126.8 x 101.9cm; 50 x 40in Provenance: Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Jane Loftus was a Lady of the Bedchamber and a close friend of Queen Victoria. The Queen referred to her as `almost one of ourselves`.