JOHN MICHAEL WRIGHT (LONDON 1617-1694)
A posthumous portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Westmorland (1648-?1667), full-length, seated in a white satin dress with gold and silver brocade, with a sprig of flowers in her left hand
oil on canvas
88¹⁄₂ x 55³⁄₄ in. (224.8 x 141.6 cm.)
inscribed 'Eliz. ^th Nodes 1st. Wife / to Cha^s E. of Weftmorland' (lower left)

By descent in the sitter's family to,
Anthony, 13th Earl of Westmorland (1859-1922), Apethorpe Hall, Nottinghamshire; Christie's, London, 2 June 1892, lot 85 (45 gns. to Graves).
Major Philip Gribble (1891-1976); Christie's, London, 20 June 1975, lot 45, as 'Van Dyck' (650 gns.).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 June 1999, lot 13, when acquired by the present owner.

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