Lady Anne Egerton, Duchess of Bedford, later Countess of Jersey (c.1704/9-1762)
follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1732 - 1733
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
900 x 760 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436083
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Anne Egerton, Duchess of Bedford, later Countess of Jersey (c.1704/9-1762), follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), 1732/33. Inscribed. A painted oval half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, head turned to the left, wearing a black dress with a white chemise seen at the neckline and a black veil over her hair at the back of her head, probably widows weeds. Shown here as widow of Wriothesley, 3rd Duke of Bedford (1708-1732). She was born 1704/9, the daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater (1681-1744/5) and Lady Elizabeth Churchill (1687-1713/4) daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She married, firstly Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (1708-1732), son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1680-1711) and Elizabeth Howland, on 22 April 1725 at Ashbridge, Buckinghamshire and, secondly William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey (d.1769), son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (c.1682-1721) and Judith Herne (d.1735), on 23 June 1733 at St. James's, Westminster. She died on 16 June 1762. She was buried on 22 June 1762 at Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist