Inscription
lower right: LADY AVBIGNY
Provenance
Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny [1620-1650, married secondly to Sir James Livingstone, 1st earl of Newburgh]; presumably by inheritance to her son, Charles Stuart, Lord d'Aubigny, 6th duke of Lennox and 3rd duke of Richmond [1639-1672]; presumably by inheritance to his third wife, Frances Teresa Stuart [her maiden name], Dowager Duchess of Richmond and Lennox [1648-1702]; by inheritance to her sister-in-law, Catherine Stuart O'Brien Williamson, suo jure baroness of Clifton [1640-1702], and daughter of the sitter;[1] by inheritance to her daughter, Catherine O'Brien, baroness Clifton [1673-1706], who married Edward Hyde, 3rd earl of Clarendon [first creation, 1661-1723], Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire;[2] by inheritance to his cousin, Henry Hyde, 4th and last earl of Clarendon [first creation] and 2nd earl of Rochester [1672-1753]; by inheritance through his daughter, Lady Jane Hyde, Countess of Essex [1696-1723/1724, married William Capell, 3rd earl of Essex] to her daughter, Charlotte Capell [1721-1790], who married Thomas Villiers, 1st earl of Clarendon [second creation, 1709-1786], The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire; by inheritance to their son, Thomas Villiers, 2nd earl of Clarendon [1753-1824], The Grove; by inheritance to his brother, John Charles Villiers, 3rd earl of Clarendon [1757-1838], The Grove; by inheritance to his nephew, George William Villiers, 4th earl of Clarendon [1800-1870], The Grove;[3] by inheritance to his son, Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th earl of Clarendon [1846-1914], The Grove;[4] sold 1909 to (Arthur J. Sulley, London);[5] sold 1909 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[6] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Capell, Charlotte
Hyde, 4th and last earl of Clarendon, Henry
Hyde, Countess of Essex, Jane, Lady
O'Brien, baroness Clifton, Catherine
Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, Dowager Duchess of
Sulley & Co., Arthur J.
Villiers, 2nd earl of Clarendon, Thomas
Villiers, 3rd earl of Clarendon, John Charles
Villiers, 4th earl of Clarendon, George William
Villiers, 5th earl of Clarendon, Edward Hyde
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown
Williamson, suo jure baroness of Clifton, Catherine Stuart P'Brien
d'Aubigny, 6th duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, Charles Stuart, Lord
d'Aubigny, Catherine Howard, Lady