MINIATURISTS AFTER THE RESTORATION
Richard Gibson, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, About 1672-5, Museum no. P.5-1942
Richard Gibson, 1615-90
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
About 1672-5
Watercolour on vellum, stuck to a table-book leaf
Museum no. P.5-1942
Given by the National Art Collections Fund
This is possibly of Frances Jennings (about 1648-1730/1). She was a Maid of Honour at the court of Charles II and a celebrated court beauty. She later married Richard Talbot, who became the 1st Duke of Tyrconnell in 1689.