Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter and coheir of Sir John Banks of Aylesford and wife of Finch Heneage, 1st Earl of Aylesford, and Lord Chancellor of Nottingham, by whom she had nine children.
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Portrait of Elisabeth Harvey, wife of Heneage Finch (circa 1647-1719), Lord Chancellor of Nottingham, standing three quarter length in a wooded landscape, wearing a yellow satin dress, lace chemise, green silk wrap and pearl necklace
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Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Portrait of Elisabeth Harvey, wife of Heneage Finch (circa 1647-1719), Lord Chancellor of Nottingham, standing three quarter length in a wooded landscape, wearing a yellow satin dress, lace chemise, green silk wrap and pearl necklace
with inscription Eliz Harvey Wife to the/Lord Chancellor Nottingham. lower right
oil on canvas
126.8 x 102.2 cm
Portrait of Elisabeth Harvey, wife of Heneage Finch (circa 1647-1719), Lord Chancellor of Nottingham, standing three quarter length in a wooded landscape, wearing a yellow satin dress, lace chemise, green silk wrap and pearl necklace
with inscription Eliz Harvey Wife to the/Lord Chancellor Nottingham. lower right
oil on canvas
126.8 x 102.2 cm
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