Portrait of Elizabeth St. Albyn, née Halswell (d. c.1637), three-quarter-length, in a black dress

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ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT PEAKE (LINCOLNSHIRE 1551-1619 LONDON)
Portrait of Elizabeth St. Albyn, née Halswell (d. c.1637), three-quarter-length, in a black dress
oil on panel, laid down on panel
44 ½ x 34 in. (113.1 x 86.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 14 December 1999, lot 202.
with Richard Philip, February 2001, where acquired by the present owner.

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Benedict Winter Associate Director, Specialist

Lot Essay

Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Halswell of Halswell, married Lancelot St. Albyn (d. 1624) of Alfoxton in Somerset. The Alfoxton estate had been in the St. Albyn family since 1499 and remained theirs until 1958 when the house was finally sold.

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