Alice Pulteney, Lady Brownlow (1604-1676)

attributed to Gilbert Soest (Soest c.1605 – London 1681). Oil painting on canvas, Alice Pulteney, Lady Brownlow (1604-1676) attributed to Gerard Soest (Soest c.1600 – London 1681). 1650. Painted oval. Half- length portrait of a mature woman, turned to the left, gazing slightly to the left, dark brown hair fallilng in ringlets on her shoulders, wearing a white dress and blue wrap with pearl necklace. Inscribed along the bottom: ALICE POULTNEY WIFE TO OLD SR. JOHN BROWNLOWE. Alice Pulteney was born in 1604. She was the daughter of Sir John Pulteney of Misterton, Leicestershire. She married in 1621, 'Old' Sir John Brownlow, 1st and last Bt., (1594-1679) son of Richard Brownlow (d.1638) and Katharine Page. She died in 1676 without issue. She is charmingly commemorated holding hands with her husband in William Stanton's monument in Belton church. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)