Elizabeth Trentham, Viscountess Cullen (1640-1713)
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1660 - 1665
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1029 mm (50 x 40 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257046
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Trentham, Viscountess Cullen (1640-1713) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing, head inclined to the right, wearing a pale gold dress with white sleeves and a purple cloak. She was the daughter and heiress of Francis Trentham of Rocester Priory, Staffordshire, and Elizabeth Bowyer of Knipersley, Stafforddshire. By 1st April 1657 she was married to Brien Cokayne, subsequently (1661) 2nd Viscount Cullen (1631-87). The sitter was a relation by marriage to Sir Ralph Bankes: her sister, Grace Trentham, married Walter Astley of Patshull, whose son and heir Sir Richard Astley, 1st Bt, of Patshull (c.1625-1687/8, cr. 1662) married Henrietta Borlase (1662-1711), daughter of William Borlase, M.P. (died 1665) and Joanna Bankes, 4th daughter of Chief Justice Sir John Bankes.
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Sir Ralph Bankes, MP (?1631-1677); 1731, no. 76; and thence by descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist