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Portrait of Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton (© Fitzwilliam Museum)
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© Fitzwilliam Museum

Portrait of Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton

Artist: English School

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1603 - 1605

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 188 x 109 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,000 (Total: £15,610)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 3103 (1985)

Provenance:
Collection of the Earls of Buckingham. Anon. sale Sotheby's, 16/11/83, lot 23.

Description:
This full length portrait is one of four from the collection of the Earls of Buckingham, all manifestly by the same hand, which seem to show the sitters in their robes for the coronation of James I. Elizabeth Vernon is depicted in a white dress with a Countess's robe and coronet.

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