Thomas Wright and Sir Peter van der Faes Lely
Portrait of Margaret Brooke, Lady Denham
1832
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- Engraver: Thomas Wright
- Artist: 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
Artist
Sir Peter van der Faes Lely
1617–1679
English, born Germany, 1618-1680
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