Anna Maria Brudenell, Countess of Shrewsbury, later Mrs George Rodney Bridges (died 1702)

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Sir Peter Lely (1618-80), c. 1670

oil on canvas, 121.9 x 97.8cm

The daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cardigan, she married the 11th Earl of Shrewsbury as his second wife in 1659. He died (1678) from wounds received in a duel with her lover, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Other versions are at Althorp, Knole and the National Portrait Gallery (half length).

PROVENANCE presumably by descent from the 3rd Earl of Cardigan