Thomas Wright, Sir Peter van der Faes Lely
Portrait of Margaret Brooke, Lady Denham
1832
Scroll
Thomas Wright, Sir Peter van der Faes Lely
Portrait of Margaret Brooke, Lady Denham
1832
Physical Qualities
Stipple and etching on chine collé, Sheet: 360 × 245 mm. (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Plate: 290 × 200 mm. (11 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4520
Illustration in Anna Brownwell Jameson's 'Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles II' (London: 1833). See BM 1859,0709.1115. Sitter is named Elizabeth in the cited printed sources [and in 18th century prints] but Mary at the Royal Collection. After the painting by Lely at Hampton Court RCIN 401212. The painitng is part of the "Windsor Beauties", a famous collection of paintings by Sir Peter Lely, painted in the early to mid-1660s. The name stems from the original location of the collection, which was housed in the Queen's bedchamber in Windsor Castle. They can now be seen at Hampton Court Palace.
Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Denham"
Markings: CM: Claghorn