Lady Elizabeth Montagu (b.1668/9)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1698 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 1016 mm (48 1/2 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129121
Caption
Elizabeth Montagu was the only daughter of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (1648-1688) and Anne (or Mary), 3rd or 4th daughter of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork & 1st Earl of Burlington. Her mother died in 1671, having had Edward, 3rd Earl (1670-1729), Richard, M.P. (1671-1697), and her, who must therefore have been born before either of them, in 1668 or 1669. Her date of death appears to be unknown.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Elizabeth Montagu (b.1668/9) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), signed and dated, lower right, black: G. Kneller. ft./1698. Inscribed: Inscribed bottom right, in yellow in a curious pinched hand, not found elsewhere: 1st Duchess of Devonshire. A three-quarter-length portrait, facing, wearing a green dress and blue cloak, her head resting on her left hand, landscape background.
Provenance
In Swift 1811 inventory; by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist