Lady Mary Booth, later Countess of Stamford (1704 – 1772), as a child

Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Mary Booth, later Countess of Stamford (1704 – 1772), as a child by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). Full-length portrait of a young girl, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, seated on a red cushioned stool beside a large porphry (?) urn with a tree growing out of it; she wears a yellow dress and blue scarf and holds a spray of roses on her lap, her pale brown hair is swept back and falls in curls behind her. In the centre of the background is a stone colonnade and to the far left a landscape of trees and cloudy blue sky. Dunham Massey, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)