Painting - Lady Elizabeth Percy
Lady Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset (1667-1722)
Sir Peter Lely (1618-80), signed with monogram, c. 1670
oil on canvas

Several versionsof this, the earliest portrait of the Duchess, are known, including one at Syon House and another formerly at Castle Howard.

PROVENANCE Dukes of Buccleuch by c.1800

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