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[Barbara Parmer] The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
[Barbara Parmer] The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely pinx: E Lutterell fec:
I.Beckett ex: [n.d., c.1670.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album sheet at corners.
Seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640-1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s. In 1670 Charles made her Duchess of Cleveland, giving her Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace. In 1683 she had the palace pulled down to sell the building materials to pay her gambling debts.
CS 5, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54650]   £320.00  
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