Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Lady Lorne, later Duchess of Argyll (1659-1735)
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1207 x 978 mm (47 1/2 x 38 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139957
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Lady Lorne, later Duchess of Argyll (1659-1735) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1675-77. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, the Duchess of Lauderdale's eldest daughter, seated beneath a tree, head inclined slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, blonde hair, tightly curled with a tress falling on her left shoulder, she is wearing a brown dress with blue cloak (now discoloured), a gold-fringed gauze round her breast.She is holding up a flower in her right hand and there are flowers held on her lap with her left hand.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
