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After Sir Peter Lely (1618-80)
Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond (1647-1702) c.1678-80
Oil on canvas | 219.7 x 127.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404409
Queen's Presence Chamber, Windsor Castle
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Apparently a contemporary copy of a portrait of c.1678-80 although the prime original has not been identified. A comparison with other studio versions suggests that at some point the Royal Collection portrait has been cut down at the top and bottom, and perhaps on the right.
Frances Teresa Stuart was a Maid of Honour and later Lady of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza, and was considered one of the greatest beauties at the Restoration court. Charles II was passionately devoted to her, pursuing her relentlessly without success - he was infuriated by her clandestine marriage in 1667 to Charles Stuart, 3rd Duke of Richmond.Provenance
First recorded in the Gallery at St James's Palace in 1819 (no 1027)
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Oil on canvas
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219.7 x 127.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
226.8 cm (image)
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Mary of Modena (1658-1718), previously identified as
