Painting - Lady Elizabeth Montagu
Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (1743 - 1827)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 88), c. 1767
oil on canvas, 74.3 x 62.2 cm

Lady Elizabeth was the only daughter of George Montagu, Duke of Montagu and 4th Earl of Cardigan. This portrait was painted in Bath at about the time of her marriage in 1767 to Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. A drawing, probably from the same sitting, is in a private collection (Hayes, 1970 (43)).

PROVENANCE by family descent

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