Attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin c. 1675-1739 London)

Portrait of Elizabeth Dunch, née Godfrey (1683–1761), three-quarter-length, in a yellow dress, in a park landscape

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Attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin c. 1675-1739 London)
Portrait of Elizabeth Dunch, née Godfrey (1683–1761), three-quarter-length, in a yellow dress, in a park landscape
with identifying inscription 'Mrs Dunch' (lower left)
oil on canvas
52.1/4 x 40 in. (132.7 x 101.6 cm.)

Provenance

The Earl's of Mount Edgcumbe, and by descent to
Lady Margaret McCausland (1912-1988), and by descent.

Lot Essay

Elizabeth Godfrey was the wife of Edmund Dunch (1657-1719), whom she married on 2 May 1702. She was one of the maids of honour to Queen Anne, and one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Colonel Charles Godfrey, by Arabella Churchill, sister to the Duke of Marlborough. Dunch, who was a member of the Kit-Kat Club, was made Master of the Royal Household to Queen Anne on 6 October 1708.

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