Elizabeth Vernon, Viscountess Harcourt (1678-1748)

Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Vernon, Viscountess Harcourt (1678-1748) by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743), inscribed: Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Thos. Vernon./Third Wife to the Lord Chancellor Harcourt. A full-length portrait of a young woman, standing, facing, head inclined slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, her blonde hair dressed high on her head, wearing a white satin dress with blue cloak which is draped over her left shoulder, standing in a park before a tree, leaning on a grassy knoll with anemones. Fifth daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon (d.1710) and sister-in-law and cousin to George Vernon, builder of the hall. She married Simon Harcourt, Lord Chancellor Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, in 1724 as his third wife. She was the widow of Sir John Walter of Oxen. Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire