Elizabeth Noel, Viscountess Campden (1640-1683), seated three-quarter length, in a brown dress, before an oak tree, with a wooded landscape beyond

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SIR PETER LELY (SOEST 1618-1680 LONDON) AND STUDIO
Elizabeth Noel, Viscountess Campden (1640-1683), seated three-quarter length, in a brown dress, before an oak tree, with a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
49 ¾ x 40 ½ in. (126.5 x 102.9 cm.)
with identifying inscription 'Frances Lady Digby / B 1661 D 1684' (lower left)
with inventory number 146 (lower right)

Provenance

Charles William Francis Noel (1850-1926), 3rd Earl of Gainsborough; [The Property of the Earl of Gainsborough], Christie's, London, 19 April 1902, lot 98, to the following,
with Thomas Agnews and Sons, London.
Edward Julius Berwind, New York.
Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, 19 October 2011, lot 9, as Circle of Peter Lely, and the sitter identified as Frances Lady Digby.
with Fergus Hall, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Literature

R.B. Beckett, Lely, London, 1951, p. 43, under number 163.

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Lot Essay

Elizabeth Noel was the fourth wife of Baptist Noel, 3^rd Viscount Camden, who served a brigadier-general on the side of King Charles during the English Civil War. The couple are buried in the Church of Saint Peter and Sainr Paul in Exton, where their grave is marked with a marble tomb by Grinling Gibbons, including sculptures of the Viscount, his wife, their 9 children, and the Viscount's 10 children from his previous marriages.

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